Breed_education

TRANSLATION: Mrs R. Binder / Original Version : (FR).

ORIGIN: Switzerland.

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICIAL VALID STANDARD: 04.07.2011.

UTILIZATION: Companion and family dog.

FCI-CLASSIFICATION: Group 1 Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs (except Swiss Cattle Dogs). Section 1 Sheepdogs. Without working trial.

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: In the USA and Canada White Shepherd dogs have gradually become to be accepted as a distinct breed. The first dogs of this breed were imported to Switzerland in the early 70ies. The American male “Lobo”, whelped on 5th of March 1966, can be considered as the progenitor of the breed in Switzerland. The descendants of this male registered with the Swiss Stud Book (LOS) and other White Shepherd dogs imported from the USA and Canada, gradually multiplied. There now exists a big number of purebred over several generations White Shepherd dogs throughout Europe. These dogs have been registered as a new breed in the appendix of the Swiss Stud Book (LOS) since June 1991.

Numbers and statistics from the database of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals

of the White Swiss Shepherd as of February, 2022

Total WSSD dogs in the database- 181

(Format for listed results: name of result/ number of dogs with that result/ % of dogs with that result)

NUMBER OF OFA HIP ENTRIES: 128

• excellent 14/ 10.9%
• good 81/ 63.3%
• fair 20/ 15.6%
• borderline 5/ 3.9%
• mild 4/ 3.1%
• moderate 3/ 2.3%
• severe 0/ 0.0%

NUMBER OF OFA ELBOW ENTRIES: 131