The Weimaraner is a large dog breed from Germany. The Weimaraner is led by the FCI in group 7 and is still today a popular and reliable hunting dog, which builds up a close relationship with its owner with appropriate education.
With a height at withers of 57 to 70 centimetres, the Weimaraner is one of the big dogs. Female copies become somewhat smaller with 57 to 65 cm, while males usually reach 59 to 70 cm. The weight of female Weimarans is in a range from 25 to 35 and that of male between 30 and 40 kilograms. The life expectancy of the Weimaraners is about 10 to 14 years.
The body of the Weimaraner is slender and wiry. At the same time, it has a pronounced musculature. Weimaraner are bred both with long and with short fur. They are either deer, silver or mouse grey and have amber eyes, which are still sky blue in puppies.
Their broad, long ears are pointedly rounded at the end and hang down at the sides.
The Weimaraner is a classic hunting dog. He is regarded as affectionate and persevering and has a not too temperamental nature.
Weimaraner are also intelligent, self-confident and diligent. When it comes to education, keepers need the right mixture of consistency and empathy. If this is given, the Weimaraner proves to be a faithful and diligent working dog.
As a hunting dog, the Weimaraner is of course predestined to be in the service of a hunter. He shows special abilities after the shot when tracking down the game.
If you don't want to keep a Weimaraner as a hunting dog, you should be aware that this breed needs a lot of exercise and wants to be physically as well as mentally challenged.
Like most large dogs, Weimaraner also often suffer from hip and elbow dysplasia and suffer comparatively frequently from a twisting of the stomach.
In addition, epilepsy can occur in individual Weimaraner cases, for which a genetic defect is presumably responsible in affected animals.
For the well-being of your Weimaraner, it is crucial that you provide your four-legged friend with all the necessary nutrients in the right quantities with the help of a high-quality dog food.
We want to support you in the best possible way and have therefore put together a very special food set for Weimaraners with dog food and other high-quality products from the Bellfor range, which you can buy in the shop at a special price.
Large dogs such as the Weimaraner have a greater tendency to suffer from life-threatening gastric distortion. For this reason, the Bellfor Meadow Feast food set contains a cold-pressed dry food without grain. The cold-pressed kibble swells less in your dog's stomach, which can help reduce the risk of gastric distortion.
In addition, our Weimaraner savings set contains tasty chicken strips as a healthy dog snack for in between meals, as well as the innovative nutritional supplement Shiimun Skin, whose special composition supports skin and coat health in a natural way.