Werner Dalm Breed Warden GDR

DDR Working Class Males 1972- Judge: Werner Dalm The competition of father males at the main breed show in 1972 within the GDR Winner Exhibition is over again. The number of around 60 males in this class is not high. Judging is pleasant without having to rush with the times, but from the point of … Read more

Don vom Rolandsteich

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 & Vello

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

A Bit of GSD History By Martin Wahl

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

History of Czechoslovakian Vlcak

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

German Shepherd Hips: DDR versus West

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

HD-Prevention: DDR versus SV-2

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

Cynology – Paternal Bloodlines

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