In a nutshell: It wasn’t just high-quality dogs, because the breeders in the former GDR had neither the market nor the means to justify a wistful retrospect, which is justified here. Many a West German breeder or just owner of a number of so-called working dog breeds would love to have one of these dogs. … Read more
The GDR winners exhibition in Leipzig took place on 26./27. August 1967, the week before the West German winners show was held in Mannheim. We were able to visit the two big breeding shows. We were four German Shepherd fanatics from Stockholm who took this opportunity on a study trip. On Friday evening we arrived … 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
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
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
(FRG, GDR and united Germany) : F.I. CHURIKOV
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
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
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