| The color
“White” can be traced back to the roots of the German Shepherd
Dog. Information provided in early books on the German Shepherd Dog,
such as “The Alsatian
Wolf-Dog” written by George Horowitz in 1923 as well as “The
German Shepherd, Its History. Development and Genetics” written
by M. B. Willis In 1977 make mention of White German Shepherds shown
in Europe as early as 1882. “Der
Deutsche Schaferhund In Wort Und Bild’ written by Rittmeister
Max Von Stephanitz, the architect of the breed, in 1921 included a
photo of a White German Shepherd directly descended from Horand
(mentioned later herein), and “The
Complete German Shepherd” published
by Milo Denlinger in 1947 included an illustration of a White German
Shepherd from Northern Germany.
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 It is a
historical fact that a White German Shepherd was the Grandsire of
Horand von Grafrath, born In 1895, the dog who is acknowledged as the
foundation dog of contemporary German Shepherd Dog bloodlines — from
that time forward, the Color white had a genetic pool within the color variations of the German
Shepherd Dog.
In
the United States, the White German Shepherd appears throughout the
history of the breed. In the early 1920’s, Ann Tracy (who owned one of
the first two German Shepherd champions on record In America), Imported
some of the finest German show stock to this country and white puppies
showed up immediately in her litters. In 1917, the first White German
Shepherds were registered with the American Kennel Cub from Ann Tracy’s
kennels. In the 1920’s, German-bred White German Shepherds were imported
to the United States by H. N. Hanchett of Minnesota.
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