Horand von Grafrath (January 1, 1895 - after 1899) (formerly Hektor Linksrhein) was the first German Shepherd Dog The German Shepherd Dog , (German: Deutscher Schäferhund) is a breed of large-sized dog that originated in Germany. German Shepherds are a relatively new breed of dog, whose origins date to 1899. As part of the Herding group, the German Shepherd is a working dog developed originally for herding sheep. Because of their strength, intelligence and and the genetic basis on which modern German Shepherds are based.
History
A society named the Phylax Society The Phylax Society was the first German Shepherd Dog club, formed with the intention of creating a standardised German dog breed formed in Germany Germany (pronounced /ˈdʒɜrməni/ ), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south in 1891, with the intention of standardising dog breeds. The society disbanded in 1894, but many of the members continued to exhibit the ideologies promoted by the society. One of these members was "Captain" Max von Stephanitz Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz was a German dog breeder who 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.), the man now credited with being the father of the German Shepherd Dog.[1] In 1899 while attending a show, von Stephanitz was shown a dog named Hektor Linksrhein. Von Stephanitz was so impressed by Hektor's intelligence, strength and obedience that he purchased the dog for 200 deutsche mark The Deutsche Mark or German mark was the official currency of West Germany and, from 1990 until the adoption of the euro, all of unified Germany. It was first issued under Allied occupation in 1948 replacing the Reichsmark, and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year until 1999, when the[2] and immediately formed the Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde The Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde , commonly abbreviated SV, is the German Shepherd dog club founded by Max von Stephanitz in 1899, as the successor of the Phylax Society. The society set forward the standards of the breed and were responsible for the creation of the modern German Shepherd Dog (Society for the German Shepherd Dog). Von Stephanitz admired the dog for its "obedient fidelity to [its] master."[3] Von Stephanitz changed Hektor's name to Horand von Grafrath and included him as the center-point of the society's breeding programs. The dog was then registered under a new breed registry, thus making Horand von Grafrath the first German Shepherd Dog.[4][1][5]
Many breeders of the time idolised Horand as the goal for what a well-rounded working dog should be.[1]
Breeding
Horand fathered many pups. However, his most celebrated was Hektor von Schwaben, who later produced Heinz von Starkenburg, Beowolf, and Pilot. These three wolfdogs A wolf-dog hybrid is a canid hybrid resulting from the mating of a wolf (various Canis lupus subspecies) and a dog (Canis lupus familiaris). The term "wolfdog" is preferred by most wolfdog proponents and breeders since the domestic dog was recently taxonomically recategorized as a subspecies of wolf. Professional organizations such as were used in later breeding programs; their progeny are thus the ancestors of all modern German Shepherd Dogs.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "History of the German Shepherd Dog". German Shepherds.com. http://www.germanshepherds.com/thegsd/history/. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "Eine Idee findet ihre Organisation" (in German). Der Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde. http://www.schaeferhunde.de/site/index.php?id=654. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "V Horand von Grafrath pedigree information". Pedigree Database. http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/1208.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ "SZ-1 Horand von Grafrath". German Shepherd Dog Club of America. http://www.gsdca.org/GSDReviewed/hdogs/HorandGrafrath.html. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ von Stephanitz, Max; Schwabacher, Joseph (1994). The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture is a 1923 book written by Max von Stephanitz, the creator of the German Shepherd Dog breed, in which he outlines the original expectation and ideology of the breed. Hoflin Publishing Ltd. ISBN The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, now Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966 9789993280057.
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April 1899 auf einer Hundeausstellung in Karlsruhe seinen eigenen Hund " Horand von Grafrath " vorfuehrte. Von diesem Zeitpunkt an setzt die Entwicklung zum ...
