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Welcome, friends of
the Weimaraner pointing dog

Introducing the IWK

About Us

On 15 September 2025, 11 founding clubs resolved to establish the IWK (International Weimaraner Club).Our primary aim is to work together to preserve the Weimaraner as a high-performing hunting dog (working dog), in accordance with FCI standards.

Specifically, this involves international exchange to ensure a healthy breeding base, as well as cooperation in combating hereditary diseases. Furthermore, we aim to optimise, harmonise and standardise breeding and performance selection criteria internationally. Cooperation and participation in international trials should and must also be made easier for our dog handlers and members.

The JGHV system serves as a model for performance tests. Another key priority is the protection of the breed through the fight against the illegal dog trade, specifically illegal and unregulated breeding operations. It is precisely in this area that we can achieve a great deal in future through the alliance of IWK member countries.

Über Uns

11 Gründungsvereine 15.09.2025 beschlossen den IWK (Internationaler Weimaraner Klub) zu gründen.Unser oberstes Ziel ist das gemeinsame Eintreten für den Erhalt des Weimaraners als leistungsfähigen Jagdhund (Arbeitshund), gemäß den FCI-Standards. Konkret geht es um den internationalen Austausch zur Sicherung einer gesunden Zuchtbasis sowie um die Zusammenarbeit bei der Bekämpfung von Erbkrankheiten.

Darüber hinaus möchten wir die Zucht- und Leitstungsauswahlkriterien international optimieren, angleichen und vergleichbar machen. Die Zusammenarbeit und die Teilnahme an internationalen Prüfungen soll und muss auch für unsere Hundeführer/Mitglieder erleichtert werden. Vorbild für Leistungstests ist das System des JGHV.

Ein weiterer zentraler Punkt ist der Schutz der Rasse durch die Bekämpfung des illegalen Hundehandels, konkret von Schwarz- und Umgehungszuchten. Gerade dabei können wir im Verbund der Mitgliedsländer des IWK künftig viel bewegen.

News & Club Life

14.09.2025

Celebrating 50 Years of the Weimaraner Regional Group in North Rhine-Westphalia and founding the IWK

A Legacy Rekindled

On the weekend of 14 September 2025, an exciting new chapter was written into the rich tapestry of the Weimaraner’s history. Hosted in the scenic town of Billerbeck, deep in the rural province of Westphalia, this year’s Major Herber Memorial HZP marked not only a pinnacle event in the Weimaraner calendar—but a turning point for the breed globally.

The Founding of the IWK

Founding Report

The Birth of the International Weimaraner Klub (IWK)

Perhaps the most significant outcome of the weekend—and one with global implications—was the founding of the International Weimaraner Klub (IWK).

Exactly 135 years after the first studbook was established and 74 years after the breed’s post-WWII revival, eight national Weimaraner clubs united in Billerbeck to form a new global body dedicated to the preservation, protection, and development of the Weimaraner as a versatile, forceful hunting dog.

Founding Member Nations:
– Austria
– Belgium
– Czech Republic
– Denmark
– Germany
– Netherlands
– Slovakia
– South Africa

More clubs all over the world announced their intention to join the IWK in the future, but could not be present at the founding meeting.

The first President of the IWK is Mr. Jürgen Donhauser (Chairman of the German Weimaraner Club), with Mr. Miloslav Novác (Chairman of the Czech Republic’s Club) serving as Vice President.

To ensure momentum, several working groups were immediately established, with goals set for cooperative breeding standards, international testing frameworks, and shared health data. In the coming months, we can expect a wave of new initiatives and stories as this alliance builds a united future for the breed we all cherish.

Our Goals – the Tasks and Objectives (Aufaben & Zielsetzung)

International exchange for a healthy breeding base
Information about breeding bitches and stud dogs across borders
Cooperation in the fight against diseases, especially hereditary diseases
Promotion and implementation of national and international testing, in particular to harmonise or make comparable breeding selection criteria (in particular according to the model of the JGHV Germany - breeding of hunting dogs umbrella organisation).
Promotes and bundles international relations around the hunting dog
To set up an international archive, i.e. to collate and bundle information on Weimaraner breeding and make it available for further development
Protection of dogs and breeding - intensive cooperation to jointly combat illegal dog trading or breeding
Supporting the member clubs with problems in breeding in the respective country and internationally.

Internationaler Austausch für eine gesunde Zuchtbasis
Information über Zuchthündinnen und Zuchtrüden über Grenzen hinweg
Zusammenarbeit in der Bekämpfung von Krankheiten, insb. Erbkrankheiten
Förderung und Durchführung nationaler und internationaler Prüfungen
Fördern und bündeln der internationalen Beziehungen rund um den jagdlich geführten Weimaraner
Aufbau eines internationalen Archivs
Schutz von Hund und Zucht - intensive Zusammenarbeit zum gemeinschaftlichen Bekämpfen von illegalem Hundehandel oder Zucht
Unterstützung der Mitgliedsvereine bei Problemen in der Rassezucht im jeweiligen Land und international