Don vom Rolandsteich goes back to Gundo vom Stolper Land. Long before the beginning of the official screening started, Gundo was X-rayed and diagnosed with severe HD, but he was used to a considerable extent as he appeared to bring a lot of „schöne Hunde“ (nice looking dogs). Gundo had delivered 3 DDR-Sieger in the … Read more
Lord vom Gleisdreieck Lord vom Gleisdreieck is a grandson of Ingo von Rudingen, who descends from the Ali vom Gränert-line in the DDR. Ali vom Gränert delivered us, resp. delivered to the DDR initially 2 DDR-Sieger in the first generation with his sons: Blitz unter den Hergussregnern and Ali vom Silberbrunnen. Through his descendant Ex … Read more
1880 Sheep herding dog It’s generally known that “Max von Stephanitz” started the German Shepherd breed. Lesser known facts are, that this man had a keen interest in, and extensive knowledge of, physiology, anatomy, mammalian natural history and evolution, theories of breeding, animal husbandry, and derivation and characteristics of the canine species. He was a … Read more
Wolf Dog Breed History – greyfarer The history of the breed has been edited and reposted from Margo Peron, z Peronówki kennel (http://zperonowki.com/), Poland. Additional history provided by Lukas Michalicka, Sonata Carpathica kennel, Slovakia. In the year 1955, a biological experiment took place in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) of that time, namely, the … Read more
The Absolute Reference re HD-Prevention Part Two: At this point in time, I wish to repeat that the descendants of the DDR-males have been X-rayed without any exception. The reason for repeating this is because the SV-Ausleser (Excellent Select dogs) that are being documented here, have „produced“ a whole lot more progeny. Their collected HD1-results … Read more
The Absolute Reference re HD-Prevention Mister Werner Dalm has proven very impressively that one can very well eradicate Hip Dysplasia, if one only sets the standards high enough. And he has provided us very convincing data along with the necessary grafics. Between 1949 and 1989, the population in the former „Deutsche Demokratische Republik“ (GDR) was … Read more
Genetic Bloat – DDR Dogs – Gastric Torsion Science is catching up on bloat. All current studies and many former are showing both genetic and environmental links to Gastric Torsion. While the German Shepherd Dog is not among the highest on the list, its a problem as with the deep-chested breeds and deep-chested mixed-breed dogs. … Read more
The shepherd dog split Germany Briefly and concisely: Were not only qualitatively high-quality dogs, because the breeders in the earlier GDR had neither the market nor the means, which justify here a once entitled wehmuetige review. So some West German breeder or also only owner of some customs dog races in such a way specified … Read more
Old DDR German Shepherd Dogs East German Shepherds originate from the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or “DDR” (1949-1990). Generations of true “DDR” bloodlines are limited to a span of about, forty years of breeding in the former East Germany. DDR dogs have a strong, solid, lean, muscular body, heavy bone construction and a large massive head. … Read more
What makes a DDR Dog A DDR Dog You may have seen people posting Pure or 100% DDR dogs or breeding’s throughout the years, I see it all time. As a researcher of all things DDR dog I look at every pedigree that I can find advertised as DDR. Throughout the last decade the number … Read more