German Shepherd

FCI â„–166

 

 

 

 

Dogs whom with confidence it is possible to name ancestors of a German Shepherd, are mentioned in annalistic sources of Germany in VII century. It were large, strong animals of a light colour.

In books of later period (approximately a XVII-XVIII-th century) already dark dogs outwardly similar to a modern German Shepherd are described. But year of the beginning of work with breed considers only 1882 when at an exhibition of dogs in Hanover Grejf - a small Male of grey colour has been presented.

German Shepherd
As the founder of a German Shepherd consider the colonel of a German cavalry Max a background of Shtefanitsa which was engaged in cultivation of these dogs with 1884 for 1896 and has much made for breed formation.

Besides, he has created the first standard and has written the multivolume monography about a German Shepherd. He has bought manufacturer Hector Linkerajna well-known subsequently and has given it a nickname of Horand Grafrat under which this Male is known in the film logic literature of that time.

Breeding work of Shtefanitsa is connected with it basically. It was close enough to the modern standard of a German Shepherd and differed in considerable height for the time in холке - 61 it see In the beginning of this century was considered as the breed standard.

 

 

The breed phenomenon consists that Max a background of Shtefanits - the ingenious selector - not only has embodied the plan, has defined cultivation strategy, but also excellent realised ideas in practice. Its genius - and in scale vision of breed, forecasting, in an intuition and analysis combination. Results we see on world's fairs.

German Shepherd
Numerous publications in a film logic press, video films oзнакомили fans and experts of breed with its history, Horanda, Grafrata knows, probably, everyone and at the same time about breed development in our country is known not by many.

The German Shepherd is the dog of the average growth who has been slightly stretched, strong and with good muscles, skeleton dry, the general structure strong.

The German Shepherd should be agrees to representation about temperament counterbalanced, with strong nerves, self-assured, absolutely sincere and completely orderly (except for the raised condition) a dog, thus attentive and operated.

It should possess courage, a fighting instinct and hardness to be capable to serve as a dog-partner, a security, protective, office and guard dog.