These dogs are not for everyone. These are high energy working dogs, and while they are not as active as some other hunting dogs (they’re nothing compared to my uncles high velocity german short hairs), they are still high energy compared to your average working lab. We live on an acre and a half and Honey has free rein of the area. That’s enough to get her started… I usually do my best to get her out 2 to 3 times per week off-leash either chasing/tracking wild birds or jogging. Mental stimulation for a working dog is also important. They want a job, and if you don’t fulfil that need, they will get bored and invent their own job… and I can promise it will most likely be a job you don’t like. I hide antlers in the yard. She finds these for treats and rewards. I hide wings in the house, she finds and retrieves these to earn dinner. I drag hides in the yard and let her track those down - that does not require a treat. These dogs are very natural trackers and that in and of itself is reward enough. We do obedience work and tricks. It can really be anything though as long as it engages their brain.

Shedding. They shed, but it’s not terrible. I’ve had a German Shepherd, Vizslas and an English Springer. They shed less than my English Springer and much less than the German Sheperd. I think they probably shed less than the Vizslas too… but they have such short hair that it’s tough to compare there. Small Munsterlanders come in two color variations. Roan or Brown/White. Roan dogs are identical except exhibit brown ticking throughout their coat. Brown and white dogs are basically the same, but do not exhibit the ticking within the white coat. If you’re a heavy hunter or have your dog offleash working lots of days in the field especially in dense cover my personal preference is a brown and white dog - they stand out better in the field. Roan tends to camouflage up a bit. It’s really just a preference thing. Their coat can range from soft to harsh, but coat harshness is indeterminate until they are fully grown. They all have furnishings along their legs and their tail. They are a medium length coat

They were bred to chase and drive game. They were very much intentionally bred to bark on chase, and the german club won’t let you breed them unless they do. Barking in the house isn’t too big of a deal… until my kids start playing chase with the dog. Then they chase, and when they chase they bark. The idea is that if your dog is on chase and not in visual you know it (you will). The drive to chase is very high in these dogs, but I haven’t had much of a problem breaking my dog on off-target species. We have a cat in the house with no problem. We have a neighbor with free range chickens and the dog ignores the free range chickens. This took work, but it’s doable. It could be a potential problem if you don’t work through it.

They are a pointing breed. They do point reliably and naturally. Be aware that they won’t have the classic tail stuck straight up in the air like you see with an English Pointer or locked out tail like you see with English Setters. They point with the front half of their body. That tail may be waving on point. Tails are not cropped. I use the tail as a good indicator of when they are on game in the field. My dogs tail starts wagging different when she’s tracking game.