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Then named Hektor, Horand was a Thuringian shepherd dog, from Thuringia, a state in Germany known for dogs bred for a greyish, wolf-like appearance and tall, erect ears. Horand von Grafrath was sired (fathered) by Kastor (1), the son of the championship dog Pollux (1), and whelped by Lene (Sparwasser). Horand had a grey-yellow sable coat. [1]
Von Stephanitz was the Society's first President, and his dog, Hektor Linksrhein (known as Horand von Grafrath) was the first dog entered in the organization's breed registry, the Zuchtbuch für deutsche Schäferhunde (SZ).
Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz (30 December 1864 – 22 April 1936) was a German cavalry officer and dog breeder. He 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 dog on which the breed was founded Horand von Grafrath (January 1, 1895 – after 1899), considered the first German Shepherd and the genetic basis for modern German Shepherds; In film, television and fiction Strongheart (1 October 1917 – 24 June 1929), featured in Hollywood films of 1921–1927
Pages in category "History of the German Shepherd Dog" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Horand von Grafrath; O. Old German herding dogs; P.
He then bred this dog with other dogs of mixed Thuringian and Wurtemberg heritage, such as Mira von Grafrath (originally Mira von der Krone). These dogs sometimes had the sable coat of the Thuringian dogs or the black coat of the Wurtemberg dogs, or, as is the case with Mira, a comination of the two which became the common black and tan ...
Type 1 von Willebrand Disease in dogs. Type 1 von Willebrand Disease is the most common type, and also the mildest. It occurs when dogs have a mild deficiency in all the proteins making up their ...
The German Shepherd Dog in Word and Picture is a book first published in 1923. The book is a revised translation from German into English of Der deutsche Schäferhund in Wort und Bild which was written by Max von Stephanitz (the founder of the German Shepherd Dog breed) and first published in 1901 as a 72-page booklet (plus 24 pages of ...