They are also a relatively hardy dog that can withstand rough housing. The Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, also called the Korthals Griffon, the Pointing Wirehaired Griffon and the Griffon D'Arret a Poil Dur, is a hunting dog that came from France. It makes your child responsible enough in every person drives cautiously of their own her pet and teaches him or her to value and kind to animals.