Alice White
#4 By the end of the XIV century, gray hounds became very popular among the French nobility, as they demonstrated excellent qualities in hunting large animals – deer, wild boar, bear.
Later, the dogs also showed remarkable abilities in hunting foxes, rabbits, and grabbing birds. Following the French aristocracy, this wonderful breed was carried away by crowned persons from other countries of feudal Europe, and after them - and their vassals. On the surviving medieval tapestries and paintings depicting hunting scenes, you can see packs of gray cops - as noble as their titled owners. These animals are also depicted on the canvases of the 17th-century masters, for example, in the paintings of the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck.
#5 Among the possible progenitors of the Weimaraner are also called the hounds of St. Hubert’s dogs, bred during the early Middle Ages in the Abbey of St. Hubert (Belgium)
Animals of this breed, now defunct, are considered the progenitors of many modern hounds. They had a different color, among which there was also gray.
#6 As a separate breed, the Weimaraner began to form at the beginning of the 19th century.
According to unconfirmed reports, the initiator of its creation was the Duke of Weimar Karl August. According to legend, in his possession, Saxe-Weimar, in the east of modern Germany, the duke was engaged in breeding a universal breed of hounds - hardy, swift, with the same qualities of a companion dog. By the way, in these places, the dog is usually called the "Silver Ghost". She received such a name due to her color, shimmering with silver, the ability to quickly and silently sneak in the fields, remaining invisible for prey.
