FAB...U...LOUS now there are 3 of us

Welcome to the forum HWV Winnie. I just love all the photos of Winnie she is gorgeous.
I agree with all your comments on the breed, although my wirehaired boy is still only 10 months old.
He has been the most amazing puppy. He has never chewed anything in the house other than his toys (I think we just lucked out with this one) and is incredibly layed back. Boris is our first HWV - for me the breed ticked all the boxes. Very little or no shedding and very little coat maintenance. Are quite happy with a 40 minutes exercise a day or will go hunting all day. I spoke to 5 breeders before I looked at a litter, asking about the breed and in particular the exercise requirements. All the breeders assured me that the wirehaired vizslas were not so nutty as their smooth haired cousins but also had all the other characteristics. I have to say I agree with their descriptions. Boris is very happy to play with his toys if I can't get him out for a walk twice a day, but is also happy to whizz with other vizslas on the monthly whizzes.
Here he is at 5 months out for his very first whizz
Then one at 8 months of his head - his bushy eye brows are just coming through at 10 months.
And two recent one of him at 10 months
His coat is very easy - I pull out any dead wire, or just run the furmantor comb through once a month which removes the dead wire - so it very easy to manage. The undercoat is water proof so he is a drip dry dog which is good with all the wet weather we get in the UK and is great when he goes swimming.
As we have a Gt Dane that sheds like crazy there is no way I could cope with a second that sheds - and I have to say his wirehaired coat has been great.
I believe that they are extremely popular as a hunting dog in Hungary, as Winnie said they will tolerate extreme temperatures and cope with rough terrain better than their smoooth haired cousins. I understand that one of the reasons the Hungarians developed the Wirehaired version is because in Hungary the smooth haired vizslas can suffer from frost bite in their very cold winters. Not so the wirehaired vizsla.
All in all I am thrilled with the Wirehaired Vizsla and would thoroughly recommend them. My husband doesn't know it yet, but I am planning to get another in a few years times.