Welcome to the website of the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of Western New York. We hope you find it enlightening and entertaining. We would like to tell you a little bit about our club. The GSPC WNY was incorporated in 1955. We love the GSP breed and have a strong affection for all pointing dog breeds. We work hard to promote GSPs and pointing dogs and we are passionate about what we do.
The GSP, in particular, is a very versatile breed. We have members who have or are currently competing with their dogs in conformation, obedience, field trials, hunting tests and tracking, to name some of the AKC related events you will find them in. Shorthairs have been trained as protection dogs, search dogs, trained to pull sleds, carts and skiers. Some are therapy dogs. Many members also have their dogs registered with American Field to compete in that venue, some are also registered with UKC to work in obedience and dock diving competitions. Some people work in NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association) in their field venue. So there is a great deal of knowledge here to share. We are an AKC registered club and a member of the parent club, the GSPCA. We do support and promote AKC registration and AKC parent club policies. Everyone does their own thing but with the versatility in our club it will give you a perfect opportunity to try something you may not have tried before under the guidance of a veteran.
The GSPC WNY includes members with a range of experience. If you are new to GSPs the Club is a perfect place for you to meet people who have trained and breed GSPs for years. Some of our members are experts in conformation, hunt tests, rally and more. The Club holds a number of training and social events throughout the year. We have an annual awards banquet and we meet monthly in a central area of WNY. We hold hold hunting tests and support an all-breed shows.
We hope this gives you a good idea of what our Club does. We welcome new members (with all types of pointing dogs). If you are interested in joining, please fill out our membership application.