White swiss shepherd

It's quite a controversial breed. Supporters consider the German shepherd-white hair as a serious defect. Lovers of the dog on the contrary, it considered to be its main priority. White swiss shepherd is not albino.

He has dark brown eyes, black nose, the edge of the eyelid and pads tlapek. In addition to color hair is basically the same as the German shepherd, is just more subtle in nature and flat ridge.

History

White color ovcackych dogs today is not new, but it's the old color. Already old farmer and writer Columella (around 40 AD) called pastyrsti and ovcacti dogs have a white color that is twilight pastors can not be confused with the wolves, who invaded in the herd. Although this breed is very young, has a common origin with the German shepherd. Ovcaci have been used mainly for grazing sheep, because the white color of the normal dogs and also desirable. For the representative of the behavior and Habsburkove and the Hohenzollern family. The first German ovcaci,which appeared in exhibitions were also white. The earliest mention of this breed dates back to 1882, and to Europe. It was particularly Grief dog born 1879 in the assets of Baron von Knigge, who took him in the years 1882 -1887 in Hanover. As Grief had upright ears (which was rare at that time) was used for further breeding. The first white AKC registered dogs of that type in 1917. More arrived in America in the twenties years, but in the decades of them was interested. Even in 1933, refers to American Standard German shepherd with a white coat for the negative defect. In the sixties of the 20th century in Germany when the campaign against white zbarvenym German ovcakum.Large farmers began to tempt him to any serious disease and ill-nature, and it began to be called albino, which was a big mistake. White shepherd has white hair just like other breeds, but the pigmentation nose, lips, etc. is dark. The result was that in Europe, essentially disappeared. Reproduce the Americas and Europe since 1968 may not be white ovcaci perform at exhibitions.

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