What the book covers
Each bloodline section of The German Shepherd – Simply Amazing portrays the dominant sires of the line with their strengths and faults, with photographs of the dogs and the matching line in the book’s graphic appendix of more than 4,000 stud dogs. The book also covers the old herding bloodlines and the imported dogs that shaped breeding in Central Europe. The list below links to the book’s page for each section.
The bloodlines in the book
- Arno v. Haus Gersie – Valet & Veit v. Busecker Schloß
The line of Hector v. Schwaben through Valet and Veit v. Busecker Schloß: Alfred Hahn’s sable dogs, bred for hardness and courage.
- Alf v. Nordfelsen – Fero v. Zeuterner Himmelreich
From Alf v. Nordfelsen, VA 1 in 1955, to Fero v. Zeuterner Himmelreich, the sire who shaped German working-line breeding.
- Alf v. Nordfelsen – Gundo v. Stolper Land
Gundo v. Stolper Land and the GDR line of Greif v. Felsenstein, which helped build a top working line in former Czechoslovakia.
- Alf v. Nordfelsen – Mutz v. d. Pelztierfarm
Mutz v. d. Pelztierfarm, VA in 1970, and his contribution to both the show and the working lines.
- Klodo v. Boxberg – Greif z. Lahntal
The Greif z. Lahntal line: WUSV World Champion Rosso Ängsbacken’s, Sid v. Haus Pixner and the solid black dogs of Arthus v. Lünsholz.
- Klodo v. Boxberg – Arras v. Adam-Riesezwinger – Klodo a. d. Eremitenklause
The GDR line of Fred v. Falkenbruch: big-boned dogs with strong heads and good pigment – and the author’s own Bert z Bene.
- Utz v. Haus Schütting – Hussan v. Haus Schütting – Marko v. Cellerland
Utz v. Haus Schütting, Sieger in 1929, and his line through Hussan v. Haus Schütting, Gero v. Haus Elkemann and Marko v. Cellerland.
- Hein v. Richterbach – Chlodo v. Schloß Dahlhausen
Hein v. Richterbach’s high-quality working line: Chlodo v. Schloß Dahlhausen, Frei v. d. Gugge and BSP winner Drigon v. Fuhrmannshof.
- Hein v. Richterbach – Cäsar v. d. Malmannsheide
The Cäsar v. d. Malmannsheide branch of Hein v. Richterbach and the Czech and Slovak kennels that carried it on.
- Rolf v. Osnabrücker Land – Vello z. d. Sieben-Faulen – Harro a. d. Lechrainstadt, Ingo v. Piastendamm
Vello z. d. Sieben-Faulen, inbred on Rolf and Ina v. Osnabrücker Land, and his branches through Harro a. d. Lechrainstadt and Ingo v. Piastendamm.
- Rolf v. Osnabrücker Land – Vello z. d. Sieben-Faulen – Bernd, Bodo & Gin v. Lierberg
The B-litter v. Lierberg – Bernd and Bodo – and Gin v. Lierberg: a line from the days before show and working lines parted.
- Ali v. Gränert – Ingo v. Rudingen
Ingo v. Rudingen, the most successful successor of Ali v. Gränert’s GDR line, and his many branches in Slovak breeding.
- Ali v. Gränert – Ex v. Riedstern – Barry v. Andershofer Ufer
Barry v. Andershofer Ufer, the C-litter v. Falkenwappen and Cäsar v. Rangental, three times GDR Sieger.
- Canto v. d. Wienerau – Canto & Cäsar v. Arminius
Canto v. d. Wienerau and his son Canto v. Arminius: firmness and elegance of movement in the show line.
- Canto v. d. Wienerau – Fedor v. Arminius
Fedor v. Arminius and Mark v. Haus Beck: how Canto v. d. Wienerau’s line continued through an exceptional F-litter.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Lasso di Val Sole, Xaver v. Arminius
Quanto v. d. Wienerau, four times VA, and his line through Lasso di Val Sole, Xaver v. Arminius and the Q-litter v. Arminius.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Dick v. Adeloga, Reza v. Haus Beck
Reza v. Haus Beck and Dick v. Adeloga: the branches of Quanto v. d. Wienerau that reached former Czechoslovakia.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Uran v. Wildsteiger Land
Uran v. Wildsteiger Land, twice Sieger, and his dam Palme v. Wildsteiger Land, mother of two double Siegers.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Odin v. Tannenmeise – Zamb v. d. Wienerau
Zamb v. d. Wienerau, Sieger in 1988, and the line of winners through Nero and Odin v. Hirschel, Pakros d’Ulmental and Vegas du Haut Mansard.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Jeck v. Noricum – Visum v. Arminius
Jeck v. Noricum, Sieger in 1993 and a “timeless” sire, and the branch through Visum v. Arminius.
- Quanto v. d. Wienerau – Jeck v. Noricum – Ursus v. Batu
The second branch of Jeck v. Noricum: Ero and Ursus v. Batu, Cello Alfavlk and the dogs used in Slovak and Czech breeding.