Common bird dogs are the German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer and Setters. Cinofilia Italiana registered 1740 of the wirehaired breed and 4500 of the shorthaired. There are three dachshund coat varieties&colon; smooth coat (short hair), longhaired, and wirehaired. The Wirehaired Vizsla is a wire-coated hunting dog, with a distinguished appearance and bearing. She received international recognition for her work with the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon breed. Like the Vizsla, Wirehaired Vizslas are very high energy, gentle-mannered, loyal, caring, and highly affectionate. The Wirehaired Vizsla thrives on attention, exercise, and interaction. German Wirehaired pointers trace their origins back to 1880. Loyal and playful, the German Wirehaired Pointer thrives on human companionship. The German Wirehaired pointer is a well muscled, medium to large-sized dog of distinctive appearance. The German Wirehaired pointer is affectionate, lively, very determined, active and intelligent. There are approximately 400-450 Wirehaired Vizslas in the US and between 2,500 and 3,000 worldwide. There is also a wirehaired variety of the breed, but it is relatively rare.