Gigante Line Working East/DDR Dogs Cold War, Dogs, Germany BERLIN — Gerlinde Schultze beamed as she lifted up her week-old puppy. “This is Xaver, a purebred East German shepherd,” she said proudly, kissing the dark whelp on its wet snout. “You can’t possibly find a better bloodline anywhere _ especially not in West Germany.” As the country celebrates 17 years … Read more
Many stories are told in the DDR regarding the German Shepherd. Some talk about the dog as if it were a legend. “Aus DDR Zucht” nowadays too is a regularly used quality typing for a specific type of German Shepherd one is trying to breed. It still is a most interesting period of time in … Read more
There are no DDR Show Line Dogs If you play in the DDR dog arena for any amount of time you understand the wall still exists. Even today to some degree that wall separates the “good” and the “not so good dogs”. The east from the west the show from the working albeit in perception. … Read more
Bloodlines Father line Breeding system Cynology in the DDR can be traced predominantly through paternal bloodline. The Germans being sticklers for carefully built systems continued on with the original line concept system, the father line breeding systems. These are the lines listed in the 1962-1963 DDR Korbuch ZL: I (Line 1) Roland v TeglerforstZL: II … Read more
VA SGR CH Bodo vom Lierberg SchH3 FH KKL1 CACIB, ROM A post for the DDR Aficionado. A tail of two brothers, one known as one of the best out crosses for the DDR line ever. I have asked the question why was Bodo a Sieger not as active within the line, here finally an … 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
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
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
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