1797 J. Woodforde 15 Jan. (1931) V. 5 One of his Pointer Dogs..was gone mad.
1849 J. W. Audubon (1906) 46 Some of the men had stolen a valuable pointer dog.
1993 S. J. Ettinger lxi. 237 GM2 type 1 (Tay–Sachs disease)..has been reported in German shorthaired pointer dogs.