[ SHOWGSD-L ] I understood it differently

  • From: elg440@xxxxxxx
  • To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:08:15 EST

In a message dated 1/19/2010 6:17:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
acara1997@xxxxxxx writes:

He  purchased Horand, after seeing him at a "dog show", (the perfect GSD in 
his  eyes) and created the SV (circa 1899) shortly thereafter. Under the  
organization of the SV and Von Stephanitz's direction, the breeding efforts 
of  Horand, his best progeny, and others would further shape the breed with  
greater focus on the development of the ultimate service  dog...


When I read Von Stephanitz's book it said he went to a dog show and  was 
not satisfied with what he saw, so he bought some dogs to start his "new"  
breed.  I will have to find that old issue and see what it said.
 
I am not sure what breed Horand was. It certainly wasn't a Schuferhund,  
since they didn't exist at that time.
 
Evan L.  Ginsburg
Asgard German Shepherds  
http://www.asgardgsd.com/
Where Type Movement and Temperament  come  together 


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