German, though the white in the U.S., Canada and Europe, some nurseries are already quite a long time involved in breeding German shepherds pure white color, this breed called the White Swiss Shepherd, but in general it starotipnaya Alsatian white with well pigmented eyelids, nose lips. Far and generally is the recent past the German Shepherd, also white color – is representative of the ancient rocks of Germany, in Europe it ancestors already existed many years ago. However, the serious German shepherds engaged only in the late 1800's. While they were very different okrasovitipov. In 1880 the stud book in Germany was recorded a few dogs, and the exhibition in Hanover in 1882 were first presented two German Shepherds. Among the descendants staronemetskih sheepdogs there are several breeds: White Swiss Shepherd, Pomeranian, German shepherd shepherd poodle (typical shaggy sheepdog height of about 60 cm at the withers).
In the early 1880's several breeders to estimate the behavior of dogs and exterior of Thuringia, which were relatively small, they were standing ears, dark color and had a movable lively character. Thuringian dogs brought to the heavier dogs Vyurtmberga that occurred frequently drooping ears, and sometimes white color. In consequence of that foundation was laid for the breeding of well-known today, German Shepherds. Wonderful Shtefanits In 1891, Germany was founded by German Shepherd Club, which later, in 1894, ceased to exist. In 1897 he was created by another club-Verein fur Deutsche Schaferhunde. It is worth noting that the historical formation of modern German Shepherds in many respects is connected with the name of their lover: from 1884 to 1899 years, a large contribution to the development of the breed, introduced Colonel Max von Shtefanits.