Get to know our GSD's - Part II - Orie aus Wattenscheid

Get to know our GSD's - Part II  

Orie aus Wattenscheid

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You can refer back to our first installment for more detailed information on such topics as :

Purebred, Pedigree lineages, Champion Titles, AKC registered, Sieger shows, SV, Schutzhund trained, Breed surveyed, SZ registered ... 

What does all this mean to me?  What does all this mean for my pup? 

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From the world famous and renown aus Wattenscheid Kennel in
Bochum-Wattenscheid Germany, we introduce you to our Dam...

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VV1+SG81 BSZS 2012 Orie aus Wattenscheid

(click on any picture to enlarge)

Born August 06, 2011

SZ  2270790

Hip: SV: HD normal "a" 1

Elbows: SV: ED normal
DNA: Geprüft

In July of 2012 Orie obtained VV1 (first place) in the senior puppy class at IHA Oberwart, the international dog show of Austria in Oberwart.  VVP/VV = Vielversprechend (Very Promising - puppy rating)

In August of 2012 Orie was ranked SG81 youth female in the world at the Sieger Show (BSZS) in Ulm Germany, the pinnacle of GSD conformation shows.  Very Good (SG) - This is the highest rating in the Young Dog and Youth Class, for those dogs that fully conform to the SV breed standards. 

WHO IS ORIE?

                                         (click on pedigree to view PDF)  

Daughter to ACCLAIMED World Champion 2X VA (VA6/VA11) Etoo aus Wattenscheid 

What BSZS judges have said about Etoo 

Judges report BSZS 2013
catalog number: 1047 - VA -.GHKL-R 
breed judge Lothar Quoll

Medium-sized, non-positive and full-bodied, very dry and solid, well-closed dog with a well-formed,

vigorous and expressive head. Very good body proportions. Very good withers, good top line history, good length and situation of the croup. Good forehand and very good rear angulations with solid articulation. Balanced chest. Straight front. The pasterns could be slightly firmer. Kicking shows a powerful male and fruitful gait with very effective equilibrium.  Since last years review, VA Etoo has evolved appropriately for his age now in full maturity. He was presented on the day of the event at his best with excellent shape and condition. Other advantages are associated with good bone strength and very good unity. In his descendants a positive trend of inheritance toward the medium size is determined.

Striking type and expressive, full-bodied , big, strong, dry , solid, very good pigment , built in very good ratio . Head very strong, expressive mask , dark eyes , ears fixed . High and long withers , top, bottom line very harmoniously , croup length and location very good. Very good rear angulation, balanced chest proportions , straight front . Straight rear and front movement, shows with correct sequence of steps and solid hocks very liquid, very ground covering gait, replenishment powerfully, precedence freely, very trainable and very spirited.  

Etoo's Progeny Group at the 2013 Sieger show

Etoo at the 2012 Sieger show 

Etoo at the 2011 Sieger Show  

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Granddaughter  to  legendary  Champion 

VA1 Zamp Vom Thermodos 

 

The legend that is ZAMP...

Young Lisa Dieterich was only 8 years old when Zamp was born, nonetheless it was she who picked him out from the litter, Lisa has often recounted that, "when he was young he was a no good dog, very long and croup was not good also” When asked why she chose Zamp as a puppy,  she replied, “I just loved him the most because he was the one who was fat and always wanted to sleep”

In October 2002 at the age of 10mths Zamp was entered into his first show at Heroldsberg near Nurnberg and Zamp gained the  grade of very promising taking 1^st place in the baby class.  During the following year and in readiness for the forthcoming Sieger show, Zamp was vigorously campaigned; he remained unbeaten with a show record of 10 first places.  The remainder of his story is recorded in historic archives of the SV when at the Bundessieger held in Ulm SV judge Herr Bernhard Norda awarded him SG1 and title of 2003 Junghund Sieger. Returning to the city of Ulm in 2005 Zamp presented his first progeny group having being at stud for the short period of 18mths (this is due to SV rule of no propagation allowed prior to 2yrs of age) all offspring were only aged between 12-18mths, nonetheless the sheer class and future promise was evident.  

In 2006 the Sieger Show was held in Oberhausen where in glorious sunshine Zamp presented progeny for the 2^nd time and a more awesome progeny group had not been seen from any sire to date. Paraded around the packed stadium to rapturous applause there were even certain sections of the crowd seen to be giving the group a standing ovation. The show had never witnessed a showing of such affection or widespread approval for any sire and his group of progeny. The next day during a torrential down pouring of rain Herr Sheerer judging the Adult Class moved Zamp up one place from his initial 2^nd position into 1^st here we had another great moment in Sieger history as with arm outstretched in the air his now 20yr old handler Julia, clad in soaking white tracksuit waved constantly to the cheering crowd whilst somehow managing to keep control of Zamp and her feet from slipping as she continued to gait him around the saturated ring. 

After his win at the Bundessieger Show, Zamp attended the 2006 World Show held in Dortmund when taking the lead herself this time, Lisa steered him all the way to Best In Show and to the title of World Sieger.  Funnily enough, despite all his other major wins and coveted VA titles this win, at an All breed show in Dortmund (albeit the world show), is the only one recognized by the British Kennel Club as his qualifying entry to Crufts 2008 where his attendance lent for more history in the making. Here a trilogy of firsts started to unfold a first for Reinhard, Sigrid & Lisa entering British Shores, a first for a German Sieger being exhibited at Crufts and therefore a first time any British judge had the privilege of judging one. As we all know he came, he saw and he conquered and is so far the only dog to be awarded a Commemorative Achievement Medal from the British Breed Council of Clubs. 

What BSZS Judges have said about Zamp

Judges report BSZS 2006:

VA 1 [Ov. 3- Dev. 3+] (c) Werner Dalm

Breeding judge Heinz Scheerer:

The winner is a large, medium-bodied, full-bodied, remarkably type and expressive dog. He has very good body proportions, a strong appealing head with good mask. Distinctive, high withers, straight firm back, very good location and length of the croup. The scapula is of correct length and correct position with unattached upper arm, the hindquarters have very good angulation with wide legs, balanced advantages and lower chest, straight front, slightly toed treadling. The movement is powerful and dynamic launched by the hindquarters and transmitted over the back with the long-reaching forehand. The courses are generally harmonious, flowing and very efficient. In step and trotting he moves at all times sublime, showing a very good presentation and very good structural strength. The dog has a lot of charisma and a very good building harmony. Pigmentation and building harmony showing an improvement to his father and grandfather.  Zamp is very much in demand by breeders and was able to meet expectations regarding the offspring with his now second, very impressive progeny group with 55 featured animals. Of these, 1 bitch already rated VA and some animals were placed in the leading group in the GHKL and the lower classes. For a winner, he has met the requirements imposed on him Geno-typically and the further development in his appearance and asked demonstrable proof. Best joint findings. Coming Blutlich about Quantum and Dux, maternal over Esko Danish court is best-established lines. Here I recommend, inter alia, in the pairing pigment full bitches and not those which are on the upper size limit supply. Both bloodlines are dominant for very good anatomical systems. The inbreeding ancestors here in the 5th generation, provide enough space.

Big, strong , very typey , high withers , harmonious topline , very good croup in length and location, very good angulation of the fore and hind legs , balanced chest proportions , correct front . Just kicking it shows strong gait with plenty of extra space . Safe nature , TSB pronounced ; Loosen . VI . Particularly typey very non-positive and full-bodied stud dog with excellent building harmony and a lot of charisma. 

 Zamp's 2010 SV BSZS NKGR (progeny group)

                                   

 

Zamp at Crufts 2008

                                    

Zamp demostrating some bite work

                     

                                    

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Great-granddaughter to World Champion

 2X VA1 Yasko vom Farbenspiel

What BSZS judges have said about Yasko

Judges report GHKL 2002:

About Medium-sized, non-positive and full-bodied, strong appealing male with very good expression. He has high withers, straight firm back and a very well positioned croup of good length. Correct angulation of front and rear legs, straight front and balanced chest proportions. Correct step sequence. He shows far outreaching gait with powerful rear, effective back transfer and free precedence. The best young dog of the year in 1999 and breeding winners last year. Again, impresses  with his correct anatomical structure, outstanding presentation and his harmonic movement in each gait. The second progeny group meets the high expectations from the previous year. Encouragingly, some descendants, including the highly-placed dogs in the groups from the previous year, easily were able to meet the increased demands in the working dog classes. This shows that he passes on his robustness and drive systems. Furthermore, it should be noted that this year also on the females side an excellent quality was evident. The winner owes his superior power of heredity to the fact that only advantages are evident in the offspring, there are no discernible weaknesses. The advantages, which he passes on, are: Above-average resilience and drive systems, the correct building conditions, the passing standard fair size and very good pigmentation. The winner of last year was after all the clear winner of the year 2002. I am very confident that he will take a lasting positive influence on the breed.

Large strong type and expressive. High withers, firm back, croup has good lay and length. Very harmonious top and lower line, very good angulations front and rear, normal chest, correct front. Straight stepping, he shows a ground covering gait with free front reach and powerful rear drive. TSB pronounced; releases. 

Yasko showing bite work

                                                         

Best of Yasko

                                          

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We are proud to have Orie as a part of our family and we are privileged to have her in our breeding program.

Expect quality pups from her litters in the tradition of her Sire, Grand-sire and entire lineage. 

Get to know our GSD's - Part I - Paris vom Mittenhauser Hof

Purebred, Pedigree lineages, Champion Titles, AKC registered, Sieger shows, SV, Schutzhund trained, Breed surveyed... 

What does all this mean to me?  What does all this mean for my pup? 

These are very legitimate questions that we as breeders answer on a regular basis.  To the average pet owner it may seem like a lot of hype and terminology used to drive up sales.  This could not be farther from the truth. 

In this four part blog series we will be introducing you to our Sire and Dams.  You will get to know who they are, who your new pup will be and its heritage.  

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 Paris vom Mittenhauser Hof

Born November 12, 2012

SZ  2287376

The numbers beginning with SZ- are issued by the German Shepherd Club of Germany, the Schaeferhunde Verein (SV).

GSDs registered in the US (your pup) will have AKC registration numbers rather than SZ numbers.  The  puppy is only registered as a member of a litter by us. The buyer  gets a blue slip giving the names of sire and dam, the breeder, and a physical description of the puppy that must be filled out with the puppy's name and the buyer's signature. The puppy name can be up to 25 characters and must be unique. For example, a puppy with the call name Sassy might be named Nancy's Sassafras or may include a kennel name, as in Nancy's Sassafras of/vom Konkurrenzlos.  We will discuss how to read an AKC registration certificate at a later date. 

When the puppy is registered, he/she is eligible to compete in all AKC competitions, bringing to his/her family the opportunity to enter the exciting world of dog shows. Far from being an elite and limited field of interest, dog shows are far more than the Westminster Kennel Club Show seen each February on cable television. AKC runs more than 13,000 events each year ranging from the “beauty contests” epitomized by Westminster to field events, obedience trials, and agility competitions.

The USCA Sieger Competition and the WUSV North American Sieger Show are the pinnacle  when it comes to pure bred GSDs in North America.   

What is a Sieger Competition?

The German Shepherd Dog Club of West Germany (known as the SV) sponsors the largest German Shepherd conformation specialty show in the world. This show is held in a different city in Germany every year. There are usually about 1500 dogs and 30,000 spectators at the show. 

"Sieger" means champion in German; it refers to the breeding sport Schutzhund (lit. guard dog), which has qualified working GSDs for breeding since their invention. 

The German Sieger trials, run by the original GSD club, the Schaferhundverein (SV),  have long been considered the gold standard for Schutzhund.

The point of Shutzhund is first and foremost to qualify a dog for breeding. In Germany, a Sch title (1, 2, or 3) is required for both parents, or the dog is not an SV GSD.

There's actually a progression of qualifications:

1. BH: public comportment. Stability in the presence of other dogs and people doing strange things (skateboard, for instance). Good basic obedience. Like the AKC CD title.
2. AD: Basically, run a half-marathon with two brief breaks, then do obedience at the end. Unless the trainer is an iron man competitor, he or she rides a bicycle. A GSD can trot effortlessly faster than almost any human being can run.
3. A conformation judgment, is the dog biomechanically sound? Does it look like a GSD? This has a couple of levels.
4. Schutzhund 1, 2, and 3 are progressively harder tests of obedience, ground-scent work, and the ability to take on an aggressive human "agitator" without losing control: place him under arrest following the orders of the handler, and protect the handler from attack.

The end result is a dog unfazed by just about anything, with the closest possible relationship to his or her trainer. American breeders keep going back to Germany for breeding stock simply because German dogs are still the best in the world, and the Sieger trials are the reason.

Here is a link to a more detailed description on Schutzhund:  http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/articles.html?s=what-is-schutzhund-and-ipo

Our Sire and Dams all come from generations of Schutzhund titled GSDs, thus your pup has been bred for temperament, ability and obedience. 

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Our long coat (LC) Dam Paris, daughter to CELEBRITY World Champion 2X VA Saabat von Aurelius, granddaughter to World Champ VA1 Ober and great-grandaughter to ELITE World Champion Vegas.

What is a "long-haired"/ "long Coat" shepherd?
Here is the history of these dogs:

The long-haired shepherd is actually the ancestor of the "short-hair." Before 1899, two kinds of shepherds were found in Germany, one with longer hair than the other. Both kinds of were generally used for sheep work. A person named Rittmeister von Stephanitz recognized the intelligence of these dogs. He strongly believed that they could be used for other tasks, and had an idea of how to enhance their body structure to turn them into all-around working dogs. At the same time, he believed that the coat of these new working dogs should be relatively short.

In 1899, he founded the "SV" Club - the world-famous "Schäferhund-Verein." Thus, the breed-standard for the German shepherd was set. Later on the F.C.I and VDH accepted this standard.
Unfortunately, in this standard the "long-hair" was considered undesirable and was no longer accepted in the breed, in the mistaken belief that the "long-hair" did not have an undercoat. 

In the late 1990s, Horst Hegewald-Kawich wrote a book titled "Ratgeber Langhaar-Schäferhund." In it, he states the important fact that the "long-hairs," like their "short-hair" brothers, do have thick undercoats and can be used as working dogs all over the world, as well as in sport-competitions such as obedience, tracking, schutzhund and agility. 

In beginning of 2010, the SV changed the standard for the German Shepherd Dog to make permissible dogs with longstock hair with an undercoat. By changing the rules, long-coated shepherds can compete in  a special classes which are held all over the USA and Europe. 

Our long coat / long hair Dam Paris as a puppy.  

 

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What does Championship lineage mean?

Lineage refers to the lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree. 

Titles are used by German Shepherd dog clubs and show ring organizations to assign GSD dog categories and to reward German Shepherd dog breeders and their German Shepherd.
 
Only a small percentage of German Shepherd dogs ever achieve the top conformation show ratings. The conformation ratings can be beneficial when choosing your German Shepherd puppy since pedigree and breeding are a good indicator of future generations. 

A detailed article on reading pedigrees can be found at : http://konkurrenzloskennel.blogspot.com/2013/07/german-pedigree.html

A few titles of note for this article:

VA	Vorzüglich Auslese (Ger.) = Excellent Select - Show rating only awarded at the Sieger show in working class.
V	Vorzüglich (Ger.) - Excellent - Show rating awarded in working class only. Also a SchH rating awarded to dogs who score 96 points or more out of 100 in SchH trail/competition.

SchH Schutzhund             Protection Dog. There are 3 levels: SchH I, SchH II, SchH III. SchH     

Kkl	Körklasse - Breed Survey class (Kkl1 or Kkl2) In order to be breed-surveyed a dog must have a SchH, HGH or IPO title, must also have approved hips, pass an AD, and have a show-rating of G or better.
Kkl1	Kkl1 - the dog is especially recommended for breeding

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Who is Paris?

 (click on pedigree to view PDF)

 DAUGHTER to World Champion 2X VA Saabat von Aurelius

 

What BSZS judges have said about Saabat:

Large, medium-bodied and full-bodied, constructed in correct building conditions, expressive and pigment strong male. Well shaped head with dark mask and dark eyes. Good running topline with good Widerristbildung and good croup situation and length. Very good limb angulation. Balanced chest proportions with good underbust course. Powerful replenishment, good back transfer and free precedence in good equilibrium convey a harmonious movement. The advantages of the nearly three-year saabat lie in its very noble overall appearance associated with building balanced and fair, and its excellent pigment. The dog, who also has a well-established family background is moderately type assign his mother. In his home country of Austria he was first presented at very young group in the local Siegerschau that could convince immediately, the typical future father of a progeny group. 

The Progeny Group shows the quality of the progeny produced by the often-used stud dogs. It also shows which positive and negative factors may have been inherited by their offspring and what to look for in the future breeding’s of these dogs.

SAABAT at the 2012 BSZS

SAABAT'S Progeny group at the 2014 BSZS

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Granddaughter to World Champ VA1 Ober von Bad-Boll

What BSZS Judges have said about Ober: 

About Medium-sized, powerful, very type and expressive, high withers , firm back, good length and situation of the croup , dry and firm . Balanced chest proportions , very good bending of the pre and rear spar and , correct front , front and rear stepping, very good transitions , powerful replenishment Free stride . TSB pronounced ; Loosen . V .: Nonstandard size , noble expression . VI .: In order to improve the type. 

OBER at BSZS 2010

OBER'S Progeny Group at 2014 BSZS

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Great-grandaughter to ELITE (back to back 2008 and 2009 BSZS) World Champion

2X VA1 Vegas du Haut Mansard 

What BSZS judges had to say about Vegas: 

About Medium-sized, medium-bodied , remarkably type and full-bodied with a very good , rich pigmentation . Very good expression and character , very well-shaped head , correct topline with well stored croup . Convincing before and rear angulations , balanced chest proportions , correct front . Front and rear straight movement he shows convincing courses with free precedence and powerful rear . Nature surely, TSB pronounced ; Loosen .

VEGAS at 2009 BSZS

VEGAS' progeny group at 2013 BSZS

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Choosing a pup from Konkurrenzlos Kennel of Texas means : Legacy, Temperament and Ability.. an UNRIVALED GSD.