The Wirehaired Vizsla was known for a time as the “Uplander” when introduced to the United States in 1970. The breed’s history goes back farther, however, to the 1930s when Vasas Jozsef and Gresznarik Laszlo strove to produce a dog that combined the color of the Vizsla, but with a heavier coat and more substantial frame better suited cold weather and icy water working conditions.