The Vizsla is different from other pointingdogs by it's origin. As other breeds are descended from the Spanish Braco, the Hungarian Vizsla has it's rootes from the Asiatic ancestores. From the history of the 1300-century the "Yellow huntingdog of the Hugarian" is known. Some of the illustrations of this yellow dog is found in Besci Kepes Krinik (picture feature).

In the 1300-century, when the hudge, extensive forestareas in Hungary disappeared, and the open areas - the Puszta - spread out, small game hunting became more and more commen. The number of big game reduced as the forests disappeared and when the pheasant came into Hungary in the 1400-century, the hunting of small game manifested itself.

Amon the Pannon-Kopo dogs, which were left on the Puszta, several lines developped as ideal huntingdogs for small game hunting. In those lines many red/yellow individuals were seen.

The aristocracy chose the best individuals for falcon- and small game hunting. During the Turkish invasion (1400-1554) the Turikish "yellow dog were cross-breed and the gradually homogeneous Vizsla became a favourite amon the aristocracy as well as the hunters. This has been proved in many documents and letters, fx. one, that Janos Gyulay wrote in latin (1563) to Kristof Batthyani:

"We are aware of the fact, that Your Highness are in possession of some small falcons. We would be gratefull to have one or two of those, but a dog (Vizsla) with good scenting abilities and good retrieving abilities would be appresiated most". (Sed et unum canem odoranium vulgo fyrejre valo Vizslath nobis dare velit)

The Asian blood had a positive influence on the Vizsla which both in exterior and huntingabilities became more homogeneous.
A highly placed aristocratic family, Zay, began the first serious breeding of the Vizsla in the 1700-centure, and in that century,

and into the 1800-century, the yellow Vizsla was the most widespread huntingdog in Hugary.

In the end of 1800-century, it became commen to import and breed other huntingbreeds which caused problems for the Vizsla. It became almost impossible to ferret out a Vizsla. Continuous purebreed breeding was almost impossible, and for that reason foreign blood was mixed into the breed. (Pointer, German Shorthair).

In November 1916 Tibor Thuroccy pleaded through the Hungarian hunting-magazine Nimrod, for the Hungarian hunters attention to save the Vizsla.
At that time the Vizsla had it's present name: The Hungarian Vizsla.
In 1917 the first temporary pedigrees were issued at the same time as a nationwide search to find those specimen, that were closest to the original yellow Vizsla. The search were complicated, because it was in the middle of the World War I, but they succeeded in having 3 dogs (Ficko, Honved and Rupp) registrated as well as 9 bitches (Laura, Rica, Stanci, Ara, Donna, Miss, Lidi, Cati and Borcsa).
It was urgent to save the breed, before it was totally mixed with Western-european blood.
In 1920 the "Union of the Hungarian Vizsla-breeders" were founded with Kalmar, Polgar as president, and the first real pedigrees were issued.
After those difficult years, different types of Vizslas were commen - every single breeder found his own type correct - and that complicated the breeding.
In 1928 the first breed-description were documented, and in 1935 the breed was approved by F.C.I. as the Hungarian Nationaldog.

During the World War II a lot of breeding material was lost - not only amon Vizslas - and in the postwar period the Vizsla was almost degraded to companiondog. The latest years' increasing interest for hunting and game care has appreciated the Vizsla as it original is - a first class huntingdog.