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Then named Hektor, Horand was a Thuringian shepherd dog, from Thuringia, a state in Germany known for dogs bred for a greyish, wolf-like appearance and tall, erect ears. Horand von Grafrath was sired (fathered) by Kastor (1), the son of the championship dog Pollux (1), and whelped by Lene (Sparwasser). Horand had a grey-yellow sable coat.
The Association for the German Shepherd Dog breed. The Verein für deutsche Schäferhunde (SV), in English, German Shepherd Association, is a breed club founded in Germany in 1899 by Max von Stephanitz and his colleague, Arthur Meyer, which set forward the standards of the German Shepherd dog breed.
Max von Stephanitz. Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz (30 December 1864 – 22 April 1936) was a German cavalry officer and dog breeder. He is credited with having developed the German Shepherd Dog breed as it is currently known, set guidelines for the breed standard, and was the first president of the Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde (S.V.).
Max von Stephanitz, the founder of the breed (with Horand von Grafrath), circa 1900 Illustration from 1909. During the 1890s, attempts were being made to standardise dog breeds. [5] Dogs were being bred to preserve traits that assisted in their job of herding sheep and protecting their flocks from predators. [6]
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History of the German Shepherd Dog. This category contains pages related to the history and creation of the German Shepherd dog breed.
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