[ SHOWGSD-L ] Immaculate conception again
- From: "David Fritsche" <d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "showgsd-l@freelists. org" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:00:45 -0800
Jim is right here, the registration of dogs and standardization of breeds
was as ne as the GSD...
According to Barron's Dog Bible, The German Shepherd:
"In the mid to late 1800’s in Europe, there was an attempt to standardize
dog breeds and to secure the traits for which they were bred. In 1891 the
Phylax Society was formed in Germany with the stated goal of standardizing
dog breeds. Although they lasted only a few short years they did provide the
inspiration for many breeds to begin the process of standardization and for
other breeds to be developed. It was in this period that an ex-cavalry
captain, Max von Stephanitz began his work to create a superior herding dog.
In 1899, Capt. Max attended a dog show and was attracted to a dog named,
Hektor Linksrhein. He was so taken with the intelligence and working
abilities of this dog that he purchased him and changed his name to Horand
von Grafrath. He then founded the Verein fur Schaferhunde (the Society for
German Shepherd Dogs) and Horand became the first registered dog in the
society and the father of the breed."
I remember this very clearly... <g>
Dave
---------------------------------------
I don't know but I am going to guess that Horand was the result of two
animals who were similar in type. Horand came about when the whole
concept of registering purebred dogs was introduced in Germany. If
he we were the result of an outcross of two different types then
inbreeding on him would have been problematic producing two types of
progeny and I don't think that happened.
On Mar 9, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Jackie Short wrote:
> Yes James, but they were various herding *dogs. *None of them were a
> specific breed, simply "career herders".
> Pedigrees in and of themselves tell nothing more than parentage (as
> we all
> know).
============================================================================
POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original
author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind
are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the
Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its
administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in
any post.
ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY
MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS
PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY
FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE
PROSECUTED.
For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org
SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html
NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/
============================================================================
Other related posts:
