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The US standard calls for a sound reliable temperament, aloof but not unfriendly to strangers, eager to please and enthusiastic to learn. The FCI standard calls for a solid, controlled and balanced nature, neither shy nor aggressive. The UK standard stresses gentle, affectionate and even tempered whilst alert, biddable and loyal.

The true nature of the GWP is better reflected in the US standard, which is a an initial aloof, distant attitude to strangers, but that the GWP is intensely loyal, reliable and biddable in nature with people it knows or trusts. A GWP should never be nervous or lack confidence.

The UK standard makes the dog sound too much like a labrador, which it is not, the GWP is a much more lively and alert hunt/point/retrieve breed and needs to have its intelligence and instincts correctly channelled, whether simply fetching a ball or out on the moors pointing grouse.

They are a large, powerful and intelligent breed that need to be trained and managed accordingly.

Head, Skull, Eyes, Ears and Mouth The head should be in balanced proportion to the body, moderately long with a medium/moderate stop. The skull should be broad and only slightly rounded at the sides. The UK standard calls for the muzzle and skull to be of equal lengths whilst the US and FCI standards call for a ‘long’ or ‘fairly long’ muzzle.

The nose should be strongly pigmented, liver or black, with wide/open nostrils, without any spots or flesh coloured areas. The FCI standard is alone in wanting a ‘slight ram’s nose’ ie. a Roman nose.

The lips should be thick and tight fitting and not overhanging. The pigmentation should match that of the coat. The US is alone in allowing lips that are a ‘trifle pendulous’.

The eyes should be medium sized and oval, neither deep set not protruding, with a lively and alert expression. Eye colour is hazel or darker in the UK, yellow eyes are not favoured in the US whilst the FCI standard prefers ‘dark as possible’. Eye colour will look different depending on how dark the coat colour is – eyes look lighter against darker dogs, than the same eye colour in a lighter coated dog.

Ears should be medium sized, set high on the head and lie close, They should reach the corner of the lips when brought forward. The FCI standard calls for broad ears without folds, the US wants ears that are ‘not too broad’.

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