Pointer Breeders UK: Advertise Your Kennel Free

Advertise your Pointer puppies, litters and stud dogs

Do you breed Pointers? List your kennel on caninebreeder.co.uk so that families, shooting homes and field trial enthusiasts across the UK can find you. The free basic profile shows your kennel name, website, social media, location and categories. You can advertise Pointer puppies for sale when a litter arrives and promote your Pointer stud dog to other breeders. A Premium profile can also display health certificates such as hip scores. Help this At Watch breed find the right homes: add your listing today.

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Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.

Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

Is my listing already here?

We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.

About the Pointer

The Pointer is a large gundog from the pointers and setters section of the Royal Kennel Club (RKC) Gundog group. It was developed to gallop over wide stretches of open ground, pick up game scent and then freeze in a 'point' aimed at the birds. The RKC notes that 18th- and 19th-century gentry prized the breed. According to the Pointer Club, the breed can be traced in the UK to the early 19th century, but little was written about it before field trials became established. Pointers are still worked, trialled and shown today. The RKC lists the Pointer as a native breed on its At Watch list, with 321 registrations in 2025.

Size and build

The standard asks for a symmetrical, well-built dog whose outline is a series of curves, strong but lithe, with a slightly concave muzzle. Desirable heights are 63 to 69 cm at the withers for dogs and 61 to 66 cm for bitches. The tail is carried level with the back and lashes from side to side on the move, and movement should be smooth, with drive from the hindquarters. Dogs in the Pointer Club's 2022 health survey had a median weight of 25 kg.

Coat and grooming

The short coat is fine, hard and smooth with a clear sheen. The standard accepts lemon and white, orange and white, liver and white, and black and white, as well as self colours and tricolours. The RKC suggests grooming once a week and notes that the coat sheds.

Exercise and living space

The RKC puts exercise needs at more than two hours a day and rates the Pointer as suited to a large house and a large garden, in town or country. The Pointer Club says a Pointer needs exercise and stimulation every day and, given the exercise and training it needs, is quiet and well mannered in the house.

Temperament and suitability

The breed standard asks for a kind, even disposition. In the Pointer Club's view, the breed suits an active home where the dog lives as one of the family. Pointers also take part in field trials, agility, canicross and scent work. Good recall training matters in a dog bred to range widely. The RKC gives a lifespan of over 12 years.

Pointer health tests

The RKC Health Standard lists one screening test for the Pointer: hip scoring under the BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme, at Best Practice level. Dogs must be at least a year old, and hips are scored from 0 to 106, with lower scores better. The breed's Health and Conservation Plan, drawn up with the RKC in 2021, recorded a median score of 9 from 256 Pointers scored up to October 2021. It found no RKC-recognised DNA tests for the breed, and the Pointer is not on the BVA's January 2026 list of breeds with known inherited eye diseases.

The priority agreed in that plan is maintaining genetic diversity. Registrations have fallen over time, the breed is now on the RKC At Watch list, and the plan's actions include monitoring the use of popular sires. In the Pointer Club's 2022 health survey of 1,178 dogs, the conditions owners reported most often were conjunctivitis, environmental allergies and arthritis. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1, so no breed-specific points of concern have been flagged for judges. Health testing lowers risk but cannot guarantee a healthy puppy.

Health tests and schemes for the Pointer:

BVA/RKC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC Best Practice)
Maintaining genetic diversity, for example by checking the inbreeding coefficient of a planned mating (priority in the breed's Health and Conservation Plan)
Breed Watch: Category 1
Status: RKC At Watch list (321 registrations in 2025)

Choosing a Pointer breeder

A good Pointer breeder should show you the hip scores of both parents. You can check them on the RKC Health Test Results Finder and compare them with the breed median. Because genetic diversity is the breed's agreed health priority, ask for the inbreeding coefficient of the mating and whether the sire has already been used widely. Pointers come from show lines, working lines or a mix, and a breeder should tell you honestly which suits a family home, a shooting home or a field trial home.

Expect questions about how you will provide more than two hours of exercise a day and how you will train recall. The Pointer Club's puppy register is open to members who comply with its rules and code of ethics. The club tells buyers that a well-bred puppy from good show or working parents should cost between £1,000 and £1,500, with no need to pay more. In England, a breeder needs a council licence to breed three or more litters in 12 months and sell any of the puppies, or to run a business breeding and advertising dogs for sale.

Questions to ask a Pointer breeder:

What are the hip scores of the sire and dam, and how do they compare with the breed median?
What is the inbreeding coefficient of this litter, and how many litters has the sire produced?
Are the parents from show lines, working lines or both?
Can I meet the mother and see how the puppies are raised?
Will the puppy be RKC registered, microchipped and at least eight weeks old when it leaves?

Pointer questions

How much exercise does a Pointer need?

A lot. The RKC suggests more than two hours a day, and the Pointer Club says an hour a day is the minimum. Pointers were bred as hunting dogs able to work all day, so they suit active owners with time and space. The Pointer Club says they are quiet and well mannered at home once their needs for exercise and training are met.

Is the Pointer a rare breed in the UK?

It is uncommon. The RKC has placed the Pointer on its At Watch list, which covers native British and Irish breeds with between 300 and 450 registrations a year. The breed had 321 registrations in 2025, down from 754 in 2021.

Is a Pointer the same as a German Shorthaired Pointer?

No. The Pointer is a pointer and setter type of gundog that finds and points game. The German Shorthaired Pointer is a separate hunt, point and retrieve breed from Germany. The RKC recognises them as different breeds, each with its own standard.

How long do Pointers live?

The RKC gives a lifespan of over 12 years. In the Kennel Club's 2004 Purebred and Pedigree Dog Health Survey, the median age at death of 145 Pointers was 12 years and 5 months. The 2014 survey recorded fewer deaths (50), with a median age at death of 11 years.

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