German Shepherd Dog The first breed club was formed in 1881 after Max von Stephanitz and his followers developed and promoted the breed as a herding dog, and later as a working dog used by the police and the armed forces. From the First World War the bravery and temperament of the German Shepherd has gained the breed worldwide recognition and praise and he has shown his worth in other disciplines too:- as a guide dog for the blind, as a tracking dog, and in obedience. The evolution of the breed and its changed appearance in the last fifty years has provoked fierce debate: the German Shepherd has a marked division of breed “type”. In recent years the long haired variety, once frowned upon in its native country has been officially recognised in the Breed Standard.
Breed Group
Pastoral
Vulnerable Breed
No
Size
Large
How much exercise?
More than 2 hours per day
Length of coat
Short
How much grooming?
More than once a week
Supposedly sheds?
Yes
Town or Country
Either
Type of home
Large House
Minimum garden size
Large
Lifespan
Over 10 Years
Health Information You may be aware that some breeds of dog and their crosses can be susceptible to inherited disease. Of course you want to be sure that the dog you choose is as healthy as possible, and you would like to know that it has not inherited any undesirable disease-causing genes from its parents. There is some help in that DNA tests for diseases in purebred dogs are available for some conditions in some breeds, but there are not very many such tests just yet! There are also, however, a number of clinical veterinary screening schemes that dog breeders can use to increase the probability of producing healthy puppies. Details of the various screening schemes, both veterinary and DNA, that are available to breeders in the UK can be found at www.thekennelclub.org.uk/doghealth Potential dog owners should be aware that, at present, the application of various health screening results to breeding programmes is not always straightforward, and breeders may make choices for various reasons. A responsible breeder though, will always be willing to discuss relevant health issues with you. Breed clubs are often useful sources of breedspecific information.
What Screening is relevant for the German Shepherd Dog? Kennel Club Assured Breeders must use the following screening schemes for sires and dams BVA/KC • BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
Kennel Club Assured Breeders are strongly recommended to use the following screening schemes and/or advice for sires and dams • • • • • •
BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme Breed Club - Haemophilia testing for males Bitches under two years not to produce a litter No stud dog to be used under 18 months of age DNA test - DM
The list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Breed clubs and experienced breeders are useful sources of information on health issues in the breed. All breeds have a Breed Health Coordinator.
German Shepherd Dog Clubs Name
Telephone
Aberdeen & District German Shepherd Dog Training Club
07813 551971
Aylesbury German Shepherd Dog Training Club
01296 681245
Bath Dog Training Club
07760 447495
Birmingham & District German Shepherd Dog Association
01922 457 615
Bolton & District German Shepherd Dog Club
0161 368 4928
British Association For German Shepherd Dogs
01283 813752
British German Shepherd Dog Training Club
01744 810100
Name
Telephone
Clyde Valley German Shepherd Dog Club
07920 111035
Crewe & North Staffs German Shepherd Dog Club
01782 388 402
Derbyshire German Shepherd Dog Club
01226 204273
Dundee Alsatian & Training Club
01383 502 626
Fife German Shepherd Dog Club
01307 466373
German Shepherd Dog (Alsatian) Club Of The United Kingdom
01302 338 441
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Devon
01626 833260
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Essex
01708 342194
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Kent
01843 846572
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Northern Ireland
02891 872712
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Scotland
01236 873543
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Suffolk
01473 719 514
German Shepherd Dog Club Of Wales
02920 219253
Grampian German Shepherd Dog Association
01224 743 359
Heads Of The Valleys German Shepherd Dog Club
01443 412 975
Iceni Dog Training Club
01473 311 041
Jersey Dog Training Association
01534 862 643
Leicestershire German Shepherd Dog Club
01162 223 970
Midland Counties German Shepherd Dog Association
07885 045080
North Eastern German Shepherd Dog Club
07920 499788
North Wales GSD Club
01248 410 594
North Yorkshire & South Durham GSD Club
01740 622107
Preston & Fylde German Shepherd Dog Club
01942 867 010
Sheffield German Shepherd Dog Society
01777 703417
South Of Scotland GSD & All Breeds Training Club
07876 210243
South Western German Shepherd Dog Club
07905 306 877
South Yorkshire Alsatian Association
0302721015
Southern Alsatian Training Society
01795 890415
Southern GSD Training Club
07940 204779
Tyne Valley German Shepherd Dog Club
01207 543439
West Yorkshire German Shepherd Dog Club
01924 443838
Wigan Alsatian & All Breeds Training Club
01942226606
German Shepherd Dog Rescue Organisations Name
Telephone
ARAS Dog Rescue
01234 743797
Garbo's GSD Rescue
020 8546 4943
Garbo's GSD Rescue
0208 641 7861
Name
Telephone
Garbo's GSD Rescue
01903 410302
German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01568 797957
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
07714 245446
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
01375 405589
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
07724 150525
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
07908 879223
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
01342 842902
German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund
01622 717173
German Shepherd Rescue Elite - ADCH
01623 798943
German Shepherd Rescue Elite - ADCH
01484 505084
German Shepherd Rescue Elite - ADCH
01277 840204
German Shepherd Rescue Scotland
07391 531106
German Shepherd Rescue Scotland
07391 531106
GSD 2000 Rescue & Re-home
0117 953 7124
Lancashire German Shepherd Rescue
01772 633860
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01444 453302
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01403 262758
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01483 532765
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01737 244030
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
07517 561004
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01932 243686
Vigil German Shepherd Dog Rescue
01403 891550
Assured Breeders Name
Member since 31/05/2007
Phone 01382 505038
Mrs E & Mr K A Johnson Campbeltown, Argyll
14/12/2011
01586 553979
Mrs R M & Mr P J Fear Banwell, Avon
20/05/2011
07769 745187
Mrs P A Whiting Newbury, Berkshire
30/09/2007
01635 278647
Ms T Lund Reading, Berkshire
31/08/2007
01189 759838
Ms J Clarke Chesham, Buckinghamshire
11/04/2016
07788 591030
Mrs H M Anderson High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
28/02/2006
01494 471323
Mr J W Berry Olney, Buckinghamshire
30/04/2007
01604 696262
Mrs C Nicoll Dundee, Angus
Accolades
Name
Member since 30/04/2007
Phone 07974 341820
Mrs T J Wright Ely, Cambridgeshire
30/06/2009
01353 861722
Mesdames C S Dobereiner & P O Gilliver Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
29/04/2013
01945 430433
Mrs R Asher Crewe, Cheshire
22/06/2015
07872 328880
Mr A & Mrs A J Edwards Lymm, Cheshire
30/06/2009
01619 415699
Mrs J E & Dr D A Wellings Northwich, Cheshire
24/06/2011
07540 803320
Mrs J Holroyd Newquay, Cornwall
28/10/2016
01637 499315
Mrs K Milliken Newtownards, County Down
30/11/2007
02897 521238
Miss G V Severn Belper, Derbyshire
30/11/2009
01773 525443
Mrs C Wilson Derby, Derbyshire
02/02/2005
07879 452131
Mrs J P Woods Beaworthy, Devon
11/07/2014
01409 220342
Miss S Jaggs Cullompton, Devon
30/04/2009
01884 841907
Mrs R Turner Ferndown, Dorset
09/05/2011
01202 895136
Mrs I McIntosh Dumfries, Dumfriesshire
31/01/2010
01387 75088
Messrs S Hawthorne & A Bulloch Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire
03/04/2013
07889 798986
Ms H G Linnett Carmarthen, Dyfed
31/01/2009
07833 630605
Ms B Lindquist Llandeilo, Dyfed
31/03/2010
07960 592513
Mr J & Mrs M B Stephens Llandovery, Dyfed
28/02/2011
01550 750283
Mrs S & Messrs K & C Bevan Llanelli, Dyfed
23/04/2012
01269 871384
Mr D C & Mrs S L Bowen Pencader, Dyfed
31/03/2007
01559 389966
Mr A & Mrs J Yates Hove, East Sussex
03/10/2012
01273 270192
Mrs S E Worley Brentwood, Essex
31/12/2010
01277 232846
Mr P J & Mrs S J & Miss J S Binden Chelmsford, Essex
01/07/2005
01621 829693
Miss J C Pinkerton Chelmsford, Essex
31/03/2008
07970 029762
Mrs N M G Berry Olney, Buckinghamshire
Accolades
Name
Member since 31/08/2006
Phone 01787 463227
Mrs L Pagan Wickford, Essex
01/07/2013
01245 320488
Mrs K A George Hereford, Herefordshire
31/03/2006
01432 880819
Mr T S Robinson Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
30/11/2010
07759 234451
Mrs E A Lowe Birchington, Kent
30/11/2006
01843 846572
Mrs S J & Mr P S Freeman Maidstone, Kent
30/04/2007
01622 746280
Mrs S A Dooley Sheerness, Kent
31/01/2008
01795 511858
Mrs M Johnson Airdrie, Lanarkshire
15/06/2011
07795 544436
Mr K Marshall Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
05/07/2011
01236 873543
Mrs K A Mathison Blackburn, Lancashire
15/02/2012
07590 517 878
Mrs C M Tyson Bolton, Lancashire
26/07/2011
01204 853327
Mrs A S & Miss M Guy Wigan, Lancashire
31/03/2010
07958 046732
Mrs A S Guy Wigan, Lancashire
31/03/2010
01942 749971
Mr J W & Mrs C L Robinson Coalville, Leicestershire
30/09/2009
01530 832266
Mr N R & Mrs M Chalk & Mr E Vorrias Loughborough, Leicestershire
22/05/2012
01509 266587
Mrs M E Dann Loughborough, Leicestershire
31/03/2009
07876 395716
Mrs B A Benjamin Market Harborough, Leicestershire
31/10/2008
01858 464128
Mr D G & Mrs B Banyard Brigg, Lincolnshire
31/03/2009
01652 618623
Miss A J Garrick Horncastle, Lincolnshire
31/05/2009
01507 527886
Mr G P & Mrs J M Mellis Louth, Lincolnshire
31/07/2010
01507 357199
Miss R L Williams Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
12/08/2005
01673 857176
Mrs D R Greenwood Northallerton, North Yorkshire
30/04/2008
01609 883004
Mrs S P & Misses H & B & Mr G Rowlands York, North Yorkshire
02/11/2013
07814 401231
Ms J J Radley Daventry, Northamptonshire
17/06/2005
01327 871484
Mrs P L Scroggs Colchester, Essex
Accolades
Name
Member since 30/09/2008
Phone 01536 790607
Mrs J C Stokes-Harrell Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
01/12/2011
01536 420220
Mrs S L Richardson Newark, Nottinghamshire
31/10/2006
07817 410486
Mrs A R Packford-Garrett Faringdon, Oxfordshire
30/06/2007
01367 820575
Mrs K Keats-Johnston Llanymynech, Powys
27/09/2012
01691 830529
Miss L M Greene & Mr D P Giles Shifnal, Shropshire
22/04/2005
01952 461329
Mr D P Giles Shifnal, Shropshire
22/04/2005
01952 461329
Mrs D J Gallimore Shrewsbury, Shropshire
31/03/2009
01743 792292
Miss F Ward Chard, Somerset
02/02/2016
01460 62214
Mr L & Mrs D Yates Yeovil, Somerset
24/02/2016
01935 849408
Mr A M Fox Doncaster, South Yorkshire
20/02/2013
01302 337892
Mr A Wade & Miss J Mitchell Rotherham, South Yorkshire
31/05/2010
07976 876737
Mr D R & Mrs M A Oakes Sheffield, South Yorkshire
30/06/2008
01142 851384
Mr J K Hockey Sheffield, South Yorkshire
16/03/2012
01909 560410
Mr C A & Mrs I A Daye Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
17/06/2013
07517 026362
Ms B Brooks Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
10/11/2016
01270 872487
Mrs M E Mason Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
14/11/2012
01284 728189
Ms S E Kewley Lowestoft, Suffolk
31/10/2007
Mrs E G Hierons Farnham, Surrey
19/05/2015
01252 312838
Mrs S Skelton Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
31/07/2010
0191 477 5137
Guide Dogs For The Blind Association Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
19/03/2004
0845 3727432
The Police And Crime Commissioner For The West Midlands Coventry, West Midlands
09/06/2011
0121 6268202
Miss S Brookes Walsall, West Midlands
02/02/2012
01922 473007
Mrs R Wells Horsham, West Sussex
31/07/2007
01403 864174
Mrs S Thurloway Horsham, West Sussex
18/04/2013
01293 851315
Mrs P Appleby Kettering, Northamptonshire
Accolades
Name
Member since 26/02/2013
Phone 07397881705
Mrs K Bailey Swindon, Wiltshire
23/04/2012
07714 992930
Mrs K J Stevens Warminster, Wiltshire
31/08/2006
01985 217733
Mrs J Bargman Kidderminster, Worcestershire
31/03/2008
01299 270514
Mrs T M & Mr A P Mapp Worcester, Worcestershire
07/07/2011
01905 755476
Mrs D L Blackwell Worcester, Worcestershire
31/10/2012
01684 310270
Mr G I Douglas Clevedon, Avon
31/08/2008
01275 852400
Mr J & Mrs D P W Myatt Llanfyrnach, Dyfed
31/03/2006
01239 831 530
Mrs D A Cullum Brentwood, Essex
28/01/2005
01277 220933
Ms S M Powell Ebbw Vale, Gwent
16/09/2016
01495 305593
Mr P A & Mrs P Mason Leicester, Leicestershire
31/07/2007
0116 2772846
Mrs E M Bannister Bicester, Oxfordshire
29/07/2011
01869 253622
Miss P A Roe Sheffield, South Yorkshire
31/07/2009
01142 336262
Mrs A Timmins Burntwood, Staffordshire
04/05/2011
01543 685722
Mrs Y A Pitt Farnham, Surrey
31/01/2011
01252 714965
Mrs C M Spurr Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Accolade of Excellence
Studbook Achievement
Breed Club Membership
Accolades
Breeder Experience
Denotes a significant contribution to Bred at least 3 dogs listed in the
Current member of one or more
5 or more litters registered with the
a breed.
breed clubs
Kennel Club
Studbook.
