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Ohar is simply the everyday Slovak and Czech term people use for dogs that point game. The word serves as a generic label covering the versatile continental pointing breeds found across that region. The Slovak Rough Haired Pointer carries the formal Slovak name Slovensky Hrubosrsky Stavac. In daily use, breeders and hunters shorten that mouthful to Ohar.
Owners describe the complete Slovak gundog: three great breeds distilled into one deliberate, handsome worker. Owners describe the complete Slovak gundog: three great breeds distilled into one deliberate, handsome worker. Owners describe the complete Slovak gundog: three great breeds distilled into one deliberate, handsome worker.
Every answer on this page traces back to the breed's record: the same size, temperament, exercise and health facts set out in full on the Slovak Rough-haired Pointer profile, linked below.
The temperament record reads: Athletic, even tempered, alert and hardworking. With energy at 5 out of 5, an unexercised Slovak Rough-haired Pointer invents its own work; the official bill is 60 to 120 minutes, every single day.
The fixed facts behind every answer here: large size, 50 to 77 lb, 12 to 14 years of life, and a temperament summarised as Athletic, even tempered, alert and hardworking.
The growth record behind the breed: a Slovak Rough-haired Pointer puppy weighs 8 weeks at about 6 to 9 lb, 9 months at about 34 to 52 lb, 18 months at about 48 to 73 lb, on the way to 50 to 77 lb fully grown at 24 to 27 inches. The breed belongs to the Sporting group and its home ground is Slovakia.
Insurance at $40 to $72 a month is the Slovak Rough-haired Pointer's risk priced by professionals, an outside opinion worth weighing. The Slovak Rough-haired Pointer is a fair deal for the household it suits and a poor one for any other, and the record makes the distinction plainly. Start from the Slovak Rough-haired Pointer profile if you are still deciding: it gathers every figure quoted here into one place.
Take the verdicts here as the breed's honest average, then go and meet real dogs: an afternoon with adult Slovak Rough-haired Pointers confirms or corrects every line of it.
Health test certificates for both parents, the puppies raised in a home, a breeder who questions you back and a contract with a return clause. In a breed living 12 to 14 years, that hour of diligence outperforms every later intervention. The record's numbers, 5/5 energy and 4/5 trainability among them, are averages from real dogs, and meeting several adults shows the spread around them.
The standard range is 24 to 27 inches at the shoulder and 50 to 77 lb, with a typical adult near 64 lb. The growth table on the Slovak Rough-haired Pointer profile shows the expected weight at each age on the way there. Meeting adult dogs of the breed remains the best final check on any written answer, this one included.
It depends on the dog's prey drive and upbringing more than on the breed label. The Slovak Rough-haired Pointer's record with dogs reads Usually good with dogs; cats it is raised with are usually accepted, while strange small animals outdoors are a different question for most dogs.
Two breeds, one decision: the honest differences that matter day to day.
The Slovak Rough-haired Pointer lifespan in full: what the range means, the life stages and the health checks that protect the top end.
Two breeds, one decision: the honest differences that matter day to day.
Last updated: November 6, 2026