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![]() ![]() Max von Stephanitz favoured specific regions that they came from. A breed register was established subject to assessment any German sheepdog could be registered and thereafter called a German Shepherd Dogs. In effect the day before the SV was formed there were ‘German Sheepdogs’ and the day it was formed those same dogs on registration with the SV were called ‘German Shepherd Dogs’. He was the first President and remained so for 39 years. Max von Stephanitz, who was a cavalry captain was aware of and interested in the Phylax Society and effectively took over where they left off and in April 1899 formed the ‘Verein fur Deutsche Schaferhunde’ acronym SV. Nothing has changed in this regard in over 100 years, in fact it has got worse! This club was the Phylax Society but it disbanded 2 years later in 1894 due to infighting mainly associated with its members being split between some wanting to develop working dog traits and others preferring developing show dog traits. One was the very popular wolf grey colour and the other was a non albino white.Ī club was formed in 1892 with the objective of utilizing the best of the Sheepdogs to develop a superior German Sheepdog that would be called ‘German Shepherd Dog’. The early ‘German Sheepdogs’ were exhibited at All Breeds shows records show that the first two were exhibited in 1882 in Hanover. Max von Stephanitz wanted to distance the wolf from the German Shepherd Dog as the wolf had some very undesirable characteristics associated with it but he favoured the look of the wolf and its colour in his blueprint for the German Shepherd Dog – in effect he wanted to have his cake and eat it too. ![]() ![]() Even white non albino, that is white with dark eyes and points, indeed at the time this was a popular colour for German Sheepdogs.ĭescendants – whilst there are various papers suggesting otherwise, the vast majority are of the opinion all dogs are descendants of the grey wolf and contrary to some minority opinion therefore dogs can be crossed with wolves. These dogs had a wide variety of coats short to long, shaggy and straight, harsh to soft, wiry and all sorts of coat colours. The breed originates from a very diverse and quite motley assortment of German Sheepdogs that were scattered all over Germany in the late 1800’s. General overview of the German Shepherd Dog ![]()
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