On 20th June 1951 a letter was sent to those owners known to be interested in the formation of a specialist club, suggesting a meeting at the Charing Cross Hotel on Thursday, 26th July, 1951 at 3pm.

Seventeen enthusiasts attended the meeting:- Mr. & Mrs. G.C. Sterne, G.E. Vickers, H. Branford, J. Vaughan, R. Wick, C. Lake, Miss M. Lake, Col. P.F. Palmer, J. Dub, Mrs. M. Brown, Major R. Hepton, Major & Mrs. M. Meredith·Hardy, Mrs. W. Langley, Miss Frost and C. Vickers. They unanimously decided to form a Specialist Club to promote, foster and protect the breeding and use of this dual purpose gundog in the British Isles and to organize field trials for the breed. After considerable effort and much correspondence, the Kennel Club granted the application to form a specialist club under the name “German Shorthaired Pointer Club”. Geoffrey Sterne was elected the first President of the Club. Mr. G. Vickers became the first Club Secretary, and Mrs. S.M. Middleton was one of those elected along with a committee of six, at the first Annual General Meeting held on 10th July 1952.

1st GSPC Event 1952

Arising out of a decision taken at that first AGM an ‘At Home’ was held at the Army School of Health, Ashvale, Aldershot, by kind permission of Major General (then Col) P F Palmer. On 23^rd August 1952. Thirty one dogs were divided into three groups and judged for conformation by Major N A Johnson and Mr J Dub. Results: Dogs. 1^st Mr J Gassman’s Blitz of Longsutton. 2^nd Mrs V Warne’s Saltus v.d. Forst Brickwedde. 3^rd Mr & Mrs G C Sterne’s Arko v Heidfield. Bitches: Equal 1^st Maj N A Johnson’s Diva v.d. Langen Heide and Mr C Vicker’s Afra v.d. Brille. 3^rd Dr B T Halliwell’s Astra v d Bockelheide. Juniors: 1^st Major P T Simmond’s Berka v Eisborn.

This ‘At Home’ was followed by a Test Trial and Rally at Ashvale on 26^th September 1953 at which there were four categories for the 27 dogs entered. Results: Dog, Bitch and Puppy Conformation, Dog, Blitz of Longsutton. Bitch, Lt Col Reynold’s Inge of Bengarth. Puppy, Air Vice Marshall (then Sqdn Ldr) D W Atkinson’s Nevern Jasper. Handler’s Control, Blitz of Longsutton, Test Trial, Blitz of Longsutton tied with Arko v Heidfield.

It was in 1953 that Mr & Mrs Sterne made a tour from their home in Longsutton to as far as Scotland, covering 1,680 miles in 13 days and seeing 18 dogs plus an assortment of owners , one of whom thought he had an English Pointer and could not understand where the other half of the dog’s tail had got to! (In 1962 a man registered his Weimaraner as a German Shorthaired Pointer and wondered why the other German Shorthaired Pointer had spots).

1st Test Trial 1953

On the 4^th September, 1954 the first Club Field Trial was held at Brandsby Hall, Yorks. There were 21 entries. Results: Test Trial: 1^st Nevern Jasper; 2^nd Blitz of Longsutton; 3^rd Max of Phillimore; Reserve Nevern Aurora. Handler’s Control: Blitz of Longsutton. Conformation: Dog, Blitz of Longsutton; Bitch, Mrs Godby’s Weedonbrook Elizabeth. Puppy, Mr H G Pearson Adam’s Rindy of Brandsby.

German Shorthaired Pointers made their first appearance at Crufts in 1953 when seven pioneers entered the two classes available to them and came away with seven awards. By 1954 two classes – Novice Dog or Bitch and Open Dog or Bitch – were available for German Shorthaired Pointers, the breed having gained Kennel Club recognition. German Shorthaired Pointers were the first breed of gundogs to be added to the classification since 14th November 1912 when the Kennel Club agreed to give Golden (or Yellow) Retrievers a separate classification.

The first time the breed had a separate classification was at the Ladies Kennel Association on 3^rd November 1954, where there were two classes. Results: Puppy, Mr & Mrs G C Stern’s Dinah of Locjetive; Mixed Open Class, 1^st Mr C I Rooke’s Nevern Bruno; 2^nd Nevern Jasper; 3^rd Mr W K Simpson’s Nevern Jaegerin Heidie.

Nevern Jasper

Blitz of Longsutton

Early in 1954, Mr Vickers, who had been very active as Club Secretary, had to resign owing to ill health. He was succeeded by Mr W K Simpson who had been acting as Club Registrar. He was elected Club Hon Secretary at the AGM on 13^th May, 1954 which post he held until February 1960 when he was posted overseas. On his return from overseas he became a member of the Management Committee in 1964 and again Hon Secretary in 1968 until his retirement in 1978. In 1960 Mr A W Mongor took on the post of Hon Secretary. He was succeeded by Mr D Roberts and then Miss Joan Hyde (later Mrs Dickinson). The Secretaries following on from Mr W K Simpson were. Mr Colin Bates, 1978. Mrs Val Grant, Mr Humphrey Greenwood, Mrs Catherine Sellin, Mrs Caroline Kenny and is now held by Mr Ian Halbert.

Early in 1954, Mr Vickers, who had been very active as Club Secretary, had to resign owing to ill health. He was succeeded by Mr W K Simpson who had been acting as Club Registrar. He was elected Club Hon Secretary at the AGM on 13^th May, 1954 which post he held until February 1960 when he was posted overseas. On his return from overseas he became a member of the Management Committee in 1964 and again Hon Secretary in 1968 until his retirement in 1978. In 1960 Mr A W Mongor took on the post of Hon Secretary. He was succeeded by Mr D Roberts and then Miss Joan Hyde (later Mrs Dickinson). The Secretaries following on from Mr W K Simpson were. Mr Colin Bates, 1978. Mrs Val Grant, Mr Humphrey Greenwood, Mrs Catherine Sellin, Mrs Caroline Kenny and is now held by Mr Ian Halbert.

Mr W Simpson

Mr Meredith Hardy

Patrick of Malahide

Wittekind Igor

The first full scale field trial was held at Hailes Castle on 1st October 1955, by kind permission of Mr M W Brander. The Senior Stake was won by Nevern Jasper and the Junior Stake by Mr W Macdonald’s Ross of Dunboyne.

From the outset the aim of the Club was Kennel Club approval of, and acceptance of, a field trial schedule which provided for all-round work in the categories of hunt, point and retrieve.

On the 3rd March 1958 the Field Trials Committee of the Kennel Club agreed to grant the Club’s application for recognition of their trials to enable show dogs which had won challenge certificates to obtain the necessary qualification for the title of champion.

By now the breed was gaining in popularity, field work was improving, Club field trials were being run under Kennel Club rules, German Shorthaired Pointers were also running in Pointer and Setter trials with success.

In August 1957, Mr M W Brander won first and second place in the Scottish Field Trial Association Pointer and Setter Trials at Yester with his German Shorthaired Pointer bitches Ch Dunpender Weedonbrook Werra and Dunpender Fredrika, the first time that any German Shorthaired Pointers had won in the field in the U.K. Other German Shorthaired Pointers which won in Pointer and Setter trials were: Ch Nevern Jasper, Ch Nevern Jagdmaedchen, Ch Everserve Rolf, Ch Morsdax Morning Mist and Ch Larberry Link. In 1959 a German Shorthaired Pointer Senta of Fallowes Ireland’s supreme Champion in the first Pointer Setter International Field Trial held there.

Application for the title of Field Trial Champion for German Shorthaired Pointer was made in the spring of 1961. On 29th May 1962 the Kennel Club granted the title of Field Trial Champion to German Shorthaired Pointers. This meant from then on that German Shorthaired Pointers could compete only in field trials, the schedule of which provides for all-round work in the categories of hunt, point and retrieve.

This recognition of the German Shorthaired Pointer as a gundog in its own right represented the fulfillment of the policy and aims of the breed club since its inception in 1951. This had been achieved in just over ten years continuous effort, by a small group of dedicated members of the Field Trial and Management Committee, but their task was not completed until in 1973, the Kennel Club accepted for inclusion in the official Kennel Club Field Trial Rules the Field Trial Regulation and Guide for Judges for breeds which hunt, point and retrieve, compiled by the Club.

1963 was a significant year for the Club. Interest in the breed was increasing and Club membership growing. This resulted in a demand for centres of activity in various parts of the country. Four Club Branches were established, providing opportunities for members to learn how to train their dogs and to compete in working tests and field trials organised by these branches.

Today these facilities are still being provided by the Club Branches and Groups in various parts of the country. In the main these centres depend on the enthusiasm and much hard work of the few dedicated members. We now have 8 Branches and Groups.

In view of the increase in the number of members and dogs a new post was created in 1964, that of Membership Secretary and Registrar to deal with enrolment of members and to keep details of the registered German Shorthaired Pointers and their pedigrees. A great deal of work on the register of dogs was carried out by Miss J V Robinson while she was Membership Secretary until 1966. From then on this post has been filled by Mrs Iris Simpson then Mrs Maureen Court took over this position when Mrs Iris Simpson retired.

In 1983 The German Shorthaired Pointer Club successfully introduced Spring Pointing Tests which have steadily grown in popularity. They are still run annually, during the period from mid March to the first week in May when partridges have paired up prior to nesting.

Never before had the Top Stud Dog and Top Brood Bitch of all breeds been, in the same year, of the same breed and, for that matter, ‘husband and wife’. In the past, two Weimaraners have taken these awards, but in different years, however, in 1996 Top Stud Dog was one German Shorthaired Pointer, Ch Inchmarlo Ragot Mai, and Top Brood Bitch another, Sh Ch Hillanhi Laith.

Mrs Iris Simpson

During 1996, Ch Inchmarlo Ragot Mai had no less than ten of his progeny win CCs: Ch Inchmarlo Kitiara, Sh Ch Isara Kurzhaar Bootlegger, Sh Ch Hillanhi Magdalene, Ch Hillanhi Sandor, Sh Ch Hillanhi Heisen, Sh Ch Hillanhi Hertana with Magregor, Sh Ch Hillanhi Tjabo (Top GSP 1995), Ch Redmires Summer Skye, Sh Ch Redmires Star Attraction and Redmires Starlight Cascade. Several more of the year’s winners, including Ch Barleyarch Playboy, are his grandchildren.

Ch Inchmarlo Ragot Mai

Sh Ch Hillanhi Laith

A bitch whom is unarguably listed as one of Britain’s most successful brood bitches is Jean Bates’ homebred German Shorthaired Pointer, Sh Ch Hillanhi Laith, dam in five litters of nine titleholders and four other CC winners.

Laith was top brood bitch in GSPs each year from 1990 to 1996. Overall she was second in 1990, tenth in 1993, fourth in 1994 and third in 1995. During 1996, six of her progeny won CCs – Sh Ch Hillanhi Heldin, Sh Ch Hillanhi Brown Velvet, Sh Ch Hillanhi Tjabo, Sh Ch Hillanhi Hertana, Sh Ch Hillanhi Heisen and Ch Hillanhi Sandor.

Over the years the Club was running an increasing number of field trials for German Shorthaired Pointers and other breeds which hunt, point and retrieve. The aim of the Club has been to prevent any split between show and working strains by encouraging members to enter their dogs in both shows and trials and by this means to ensure that we continue to have a breed which commands attention both on the bench and in the field. This has been achieved with nine dogs gaining Dual Champion Status.

Ch FT Ch Inchmarlo Graff Grieff of Praha

Ch FT Ch Axters Tochter

Ch FT Ch Mathams Dark Claret of Trolanda

Ch FT Ch Swifthouse Tufty

Ch FT Ch Geramers Shannon

Ch FT Ch Germaers Victress of Swifthouse

Ch FT Ch Stairfoot Sobrig

Ch FT Ch Keldy White Knight

Ch FT Ch Swifthouse Bletchingdon

The committees and useful contacts of the GSP Club

The Management Committee:

Roger Mann
Chairman

valger1o1@yahoo.co.uk          01325333948

Val Mann
Acting Honorary Membership Secretary

gspclub.uk@gmail.com          07484072642

Ian Halbert
Honorary secretary

marimay1127@gmail.com          07443335871

Clare Staley
Newsletter Editor

Debbie Milligan
Honorary Treasurer

Other serving members:

Pete Bakewell
Mandi Ellis

The Field Trial Committee:

Pete Bakewell
Chairman

Libby Mellor
Field Trial secretary

Other serving members:

 

The Show Committee:

Lesley Trow
Chair

Other serving members:

Denise Gatliffe
Gavin Gatliffe

Wendy Pearson
Acting Show secretary

Other serving members (cont.):

Debs Milligan
Mark Staley

Ellie Brown (co – opted)

Gina Rymer (co- opted)

 

Wendy Pearson
Judges’ List Co-ordinator

Breed Health Co-ordinator:

Linda Heath
BHC

Breed Education Co-ordinator:

Marion Waddell
BEC

Branches and Groups:

Eastern Counties Branch
Janice Hawkes

Scottish Group
Katrina Wilkinson

Highland Group
Georgina Buchan

Surrey & Hampshire Branch
Simon Bradley

North West Group
Eddie Kania

Sussex Branch
Sue Parr

Yorkshire Group
Julie Ford

GSP Rescue UK Co-ordinator:

Deb Seeley
Rescue Co-ordinator

German Shorthaired Pointer Club Rules

1. NAME
   The Club shall be called “The German Shorthaired Pointer Club”, referred to as “The Club”.
2. OBJECTS
   The objects shall be to promote and improve the breed. The Club shall not join any Federation of Societies or Clubs.
3. MEMBERS
   There shall be an unlimited number of members, Associate members and Honorary Life members.
4. PATRON, PRESIDENT, HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS AND OFFICER
   1. The Club may have a Patron who shall remain in continuing office.
   2. The Club may have a President who shall remain in office for five years but is eligible for re-election.
   3. The Club may have Honorary Vice Presidents who are Officers remaining in continuing office.
   4. The Club shall have the following Executive Officers: Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Membership Secretary remaining in office for five years but are eligible for re-election, each may be changed by a ⅔rd majority vote of those present and voting at an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.
5. MANAGEMENT OF THE CLUB
   1. The affairs of the Club shall be managed by and all its powers shall be delegated to a Management Committee consisting of not more than twelve members who shall be elected by postal ballot prior to the Annual General Meeting. The members of the Committee shall hold office for one year, but shall be elected individually. In addition, the Honorary Secretary of the Field Trial Committee and the Honorary Secretary of the Show Committee shall be non voting members of the Management Committee.
   2. The President and the Executive Officers shall be ex-officio members of the Management Committee, Field Trial Committee and Show Committee without vote.
   3. The Management Committee shall elect from its members a Chairman and Vice-Chairman to serve annually for the duration of the Committee, and until their successors are appointed, and they shall be ex-officio members, without vote, of all other Club Committees.
   4. The Management Committee may appoint members to fill the honorary posts, such as Legal Advisers, Veterinary Surgeons and Liaison Officer and have power to co-opt any member, and shall ensure that all interests of the Club are represented.
   5. The Management Committee shall meet at the discretion of the Chairman of the said committee and shall, subject to the provisions of the rules of the Club, have full power of management and control over the conduct and affairs of the Club and of exercising all such powers and functions relative to the Club as are not by the Club Rules required to be exercised by the Club in General Meeting.
   6. Five members shall form a quorum, of whom three shall be elected members.
   7. In order that the business of the Club shall proceed smoothly, the Honorary Secretary when necessary, and after consultation with either the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, shall be authorised to make decisions which accord with the policy of the Club. Such decisions shall be reported to the following meeting of the Management Committee.
   8. There shall also be elected annually by postal ballot, and announced at the Annual General Meeting, a Field Trial Committee, a Show Committee, and any other Committee which shall be found necessary. Each of these Committees shall consist of not more than twelve members, all of whom shall retire annually but shall be eligible for re-election. Each Committee shall be responsible in its affairs to the Management Committee to which all policy recommendations must be submitted for consideration and approval before being put into effect. These Committees will elect their own Chairman and Honorary Secretary. Three elected members shall form a quorum. Minutes of all meetings must be forwarded to the Honorary Secretary of the Club within 14 days.
   9. A member of the Club is only eligible for election to a Committee of the Club, having been a fully paid-up member of the Club for a full calendar year and who has not misconducted himself/herself in any way in connection with dogs, dog shows or trials, or in any way acted in opposition to the fundamental principles upon which the Club has been established, or in any manner which would make it undesirable that he/she should serve on a Committee. Should any member be absent from meetings for three consecutive meetings, he/she is not eligible to serve on a Committee unless the reason for absence is approved by the Management Committee. Except in the case of a retiring member of a Committee seeking re-election, nomination for membership of any Club Committee shall be duly proposed and seconded by fully paid-up members and shall be in the hands of the Club Honorary Secretary 28 days before the day of the Annual General Meeting. The proposer must state that his nominee is willing to serve.
   10. No officer or member of a Committee of the Club may hold office or serve on a committee of another Breed Society for German Shorthaired Pointers without the written agreement of the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have power to remove from office or from service on a committee of the Club any member who is found to be serving in an office or on a committee of such other society without having obtained the written agreement of the Management Committee.
6. CLUB BRANCHES
   Any group of members living in a geographical area may apply to the Management Committee for the formation of a Branch. If the Management Committee agrees, it will apply to the Kennel Club for approval. When this is obtained, the Branch will be constituted and will be known as “The German Shorthaired Pointer Club…..Branch”. All Branches must conform to the German Shorthaired Pointer Club Rules for the Financing and Conduct of Branches. The Management Committee shall have the power to disband any such branch.
7. ELECTION OF MEMBERS
   1. Candidates for membership of the Club shall be elected by the Management Committee. Each member of a joint membership must be individually elected by the Management Committee.
   2. The Club must make a list of members and their addresses available for inspection if so requested by the Kennel Club.
   3. Honorary Life Members– On the recommendation of the Management Committee, members may at an Annual General Meeting elect as Honorary Life Members of the Club any person considered to qualify for that distinction.
   4. Resignation of Members– Any member wishing to resign must give notice of this intention to the Honorary Membership Secretary on or before 15th February, otherwise he/she may be liable for his subscription for the following year. Any person upon ceasing to be a Club member shall forfeit all rights to any claim on the Club, its property and funds, nor shall he/she be entitled to have any part of his annual subscription for the current year refunded.
   5. Re-election of Members– A member who resigns or otherwise allows his membership to lapse and wishes to rejoin the Club must apply for membership as in Rule 7(a). The membership of any person which remains unpaid for a period of two months after the due date of 1st March shall be deemed to have lapsed. However, rejoining members may be considered for reinstatement by the Committee upon payment of the previous year’s arrears together with the current subscription.
   6. Expulsion of Members– Any member who shall be suspended under Kennel Club Rule A42j (4) and/or disqualified under Kennel Club Rule A42j (8) shall ipso facto cease to be a Member of the Club for the duration of the suspension and/or disqualification.

If the conduct of any member shall, in the opinion of the Management Committee of the Club be injurious or likely to be injurious to the character or interests of the Club, the Management of the Club may, at a meeting the notice convening which includes as an object the consideration of the conduct of the Member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the Club shall be called for the purpose of passing a resolution to expel him/her.
Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused Member, giving particulars of the complaint and advising the place, date and hour of the meeting that he/she may attend and offer an explanation. If at the meeting, a resolution to expel is passed by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting, his/her name shall forthwith be erased from the list of Members, and he/she shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a Member of the Club except that he/she may, within two calendar months from the date of such Meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such condition as the Kennel Club may impose.

8. FINANCIAL YEAR
   The financial year of the Club shall be from 1st March to the last day of the following February.
9. SUBSCRIPTION
   Annual Subscription. The annual subscriptions for all categories of Members, shall be such sums as shall be determined from time to time, by the Management Committee. The annual subscription payable on the 1st March, shall be in accordance with the following categories:
   1. Single Membership– Must own or have owned a German Shorthaired Pointer (will be entitled to one vote and will receive all benefits and publications).
   2. Joint Membership– Two adults at one address who own or have owned a German Shorthaired Pointer (will be entitled to two votes and will receive all benefits and one copy of all publications)
   3. Junior Membership(Under 18 years of age and will be entitled to participate in German Shorthaired Pointer Club activities) – In association with a Single or Joint Membership.
   4. Associate Membership– Non German Shorthaired Pointer owners only (will be entitled to participate in German Shorthaired Pointer Club activities but ineligible for Committees apart from Branch/Group Committees).

Reduced subscription – Members joining the Club on or after 1st November shall pay half of the annual subscription due, plus full subscription for the following year.

10. CLUB ACCOUNTS
    The Honorary Treasurer shall pay all monies belonging to the Club into a Club Account which shall be operated by any two of the following:
    • Chairman of the Management Committee.
    • Honorary Treasurer
    • Honorary Secretary

The Honorary Treasurer shall keep a record of all monies received or paid by the Club. The accounts shall be audited annually by an auditor appointed for that purpose at the Annual General Meeting, and a Statement of Accounts circulated to all Club members prior to the subsequent Annual General Meeting together with the Annual General Meeting Agenda. The Club Treasurer shall be a signatory to all Branches and Groups, Shows and Field Trial Committee funds, and at the end of each financial year those constituent Branches, Groups, Show and Field Trial Committees shall forward to the Club Treasurer an authenticated Bank Year End Statement.

11. CLUB PROPERTY
    The property of the Club shall be vested in the Management Committee and in event of the Club ceasing to exist, a Special General Meeting shall be called to decide the disposal of the Club assets, and to meet any Club liabilities.
12. ANNUAL RETURNS TO THE KENNEL CLUB
    The Officers acknowledge that during the month of January each year, Maintenance of Title fee will be forwarded to the Kennel Club by the Secretary for the continuance of Registration and that by 31st July each year, other returns, as stipulated in Kennel Club Regulations for the Registration and Maintenance of Title of Societies and Breed Councils and the Affiliation of Agricultural Societies and Municipal Authorities be forwarded to the Kennel Club.
    The Officers also acknowledge their duty to inform the Kennel Club of any changes of Secretary of the Club which may occur during the course of the year.
13. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    A General Meeting shall be called in the first half of June – or as near as practicable – each year, for the following purposes:
    1. To receive the Report of the Management Committee and Statement of Accounts.
    2. To elect Officers and Committees as required and to declare the results of postal ballots for Committee membership.
    3. To elect Club Representatives to other bodies on the recommendation of the Management Committee.
    4. To discuss any Resolutions, except those concerning Rules of the Club and Rules for the Financing and Conduct of Branches, duly proposed for the Agenda, of which twenty-eight days notice has been given to the Honorary Secretary. Such resolutions must be signed by either:
       1. Two fully paid-up members of the Club or
       2. The Club Honorary Secretary on behalf of the Management Committee.
    5. To appoint the Auditors.

No business shall be transacted at an Annual General Meeting unless notice thereof appears on the Agenda, with the exception of routine matters or those matters which, in the opinion of the Chairman, are urgent.

14. NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS AND CLUB REPRESENTATIVES
    New nominations for the above, duly proposed and seconded, shall be in the hands of the Honorary Secretary not later than 28 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. The proposer must state that his nominee is willing to serve.
15. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
    A Special General Meeting may be summoned by the Management Committee or shall be summoned by the Honorary Secretary, if forty members shall send a signed request stating the subject to be discussed. In the latter case, the Meeting shall be summoned as soon as possible, and not later than two months after the receipt of the request. No business shall be discussed at this Meeting other than that for which it is called.
16. NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
    Not less than twenty eight days notice of an Annual General Meeting and for Special General Meeting shall be given to all members. The Agenda of any such Meeting shall be sent to all members not less than fourteen days prior to the date of the Meeting.
17. CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL MEETINGS
    The President shall normally be Chairman of any General Meeting, but in his/her absence the Meeting shall elect a Chairman from among those present.
18. ALTERATION TO THE RULES
    Any Resolutions for alteration to the Rules of the Club or of the Financing and Conduct of Branches, must be proposed and seconded by two paid-up members, and must be in the hands of the Honorary Secretary by 10th May, so that the proposed changes can be considered by the Management Committee. Such rules may not be altered except by a two-thirds majority vote of those present at an Annual General Meeting of the Club, the Agenda of which includes details of the proposal to alter the Rules. Voting shall be by ballot if requested or found necessary. Such alterations may not be brought into force until the Kennel Club has been advised and has given its approval of the alterations.
19. UNDISCHARGED BANKRUPT INDIVIDUALS
    No person whilst an undischarged bankrupt may serve on The Committee of or hold any other office or appointment within a Kennel Club Registered Society.
20. FINAL AUTHORITY
    The Kennel Club shall be the final authority for interpreting the Rules and Regulations of the German Shorthaired Pointer Club and in all cases relative to Canine or Club matters.

Every member, upon being elected, shall be sent a copy of the Rules.

CODE OF CONDUCT 

Club members:

1. Will properly house, feed, water and exercise all dogs under their care and arrange for appropriate veterinary attention if and when required.
2. Will agree without reservation that any veterinary surgeon performing an operation on any of their dogs which alters the natural conformation of the animal, or who carries out a caesarean section on a bitch, may report such operation to the Kennel Club.

• Will agree that no healthy puppy will be culled. Puppies which may not conform to the Breed Standard should be placed in suitable homes.

1. Will abide by all aspects of the Animal Welfare Act.
2. Will not create demand for, nor supply, puppies that have been docked illegally.
3. Will agree not to breed from a dog or bitch which could be in any way harmful to the dog or to the breed.

• Will not allow any of their dogs to roam at large or to cause a nuisance to neighbours or those carrying out official duties.
• Will ensure that their dogs wear properly tagged collars and will be kept leashed or under effective control when away from home. This code does not apply when GSP members are working, training or exercising their dogs, or participating in gun dog events, as permitted by The Control of Dogs Order 1992.

1. Will clean up after their dogs in public places or anywhere their dogs are being exhibited.
2. Will only sell dogs where there is a reasonable expectation of a happy and healthy life and will help with the re-homing of a dog if the initial circumstances change.
3. Will supply written details of all dietary requirements and give guidance concerning responsible ownership when placing dogs in a new home.

• Will ensure that all relevant Kennel Club documents are provided to the new owner when selling or transferring a dog, and will agree, in writing, to forward any relevant documents at the earliest opportunity, if not immediately available.
• Will not sell any dog to commercial dog wholesalers, retail pet dealers or directly or indirectly allow dogs to be given as a prize or donation in a competition of any kind. Will not sell, by sale or auction, Kennel Club registration certificates as standalone items (not accompanying a dog).
• Will not knowingly misrepresent the characteristics of the breed nor falsely advertise dogs nor mislead any person regarding the health or quality of a dog.

1. Members will only breed from German Shorthaired Pointers of sound temperament, which show natural ability and will always strive to produce German Shorthaired Pointers conforming to the standard as published by the Kennel Club.

• Members will not allow their stud dogs to service bitches of less than two years, or over the age of eight. Stud dogs must be over 18 months of age. Neither dogs nor bitches in poor health, of unsound temperament or with any serious hereditary faults will be used for breeding.
• Stud dog owners will use discretion in the number of times their dog is used in the course of each year.
• Members will not allow their bitches to whelp more than once in every twelve months or be mated before two years of age or after the age of eight. The Kennel Club state that a bitch will not have more than four litters during her lifetime. The German Shorthaired Pointer Club recommends that a maximum of three litters of German Shorthaired Pointers are bred from a bitch.
• Members will not, when advertising, misrepresent themselves or their stock and will deal only in a fair and honest manner with clients who shall be encouraged to present the dog to a veterinary surgeon within three days of purchase. Should a veterinary surgeon, at such an examination, advise that the dog is not suitable for the purpose for which it was bought, members will verify this opinion and, if necessary, take back such a dog and refund the purchase price.

1. Members will be encouraged to take advantage of any relevant official scheme devised to test the dog’s soundness.

• Members will, when engaged in competitive events with their dogs, conduct themselves in such a way as not to bring discredit to the breed or Club, and will demonstrate good sportsmanship at all times.
• The German Shorthaired Pointer Club states that all breeding stock must be hip scored. We also recommend heart testing by way of auscultation or Doppler test and we encourage members to take advantage of all other KC/BVA screens.

Every member, upon being elected, shall be sent a copy of the Code of Conduct.

Club Insurance

The Club holds a suitable level of Public Liability and Employers Liability insurance for our activities. Please note members who shoot are not covered by this insurance and should maintain their own personal liability insurance.

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