Pomeranian herding dogs

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Pomeranian herding dogs (†)
Pomeranian herding dogs
Not from the FCI recognized
Origin :

Germany

Varieties :
  • Pomeranian sheep poodle
  • Pomeranian herding dog
  • Pomeranian hat tip
  • small pomeranian herding dog
List of domestic dogs

Pomeranian herding dogs (also indigenous herding dogs ) are beats of dogs that were bred in Pomerania until the first half of the 20th century. They could be assigned to the old German herding dogs , but must now be regarded as extinct.

Association for down-to-earth herding dogs

In 1927 the veterinarian W. Wieland founded the association for down-to-earth herding dogs together with like-minded people , which was committed to preserving the sheep dog beatings that occurred in Pomerania at that time . According to the understanding of the time, one wanted to develop one or more dog breeds from these strikes, but put the needs of the rural population in the foreground; the majority of the club members were shepherds and cattle keepers.

Wieland originally classified three types: a white shaggy-haired Pomeranian ( Type I ), which was the local variety of the sheep poodle ; a white, plain-haired Pomeranian ( type II ), which resembles the Hungarian Kuvasz , according to Wieland, and a very small, mostly blond dog ( type III ), around 30 cm tall, to which he ascribed similarities to the Puli and the Skye Terrier . Type I should be given the name " German Shaggy Shepherd Dog ", Type II the name " Long-haired German Shepherd Dog " and Type III the name " German or Pomeranian Herding Dog ". He wanted to introduce the term “Shepherd Dog”, on the one hand because the analogy to the Hungarian Shepherd Dogs seemed appropriate to him; and on the other hand, because "Schäferhund" is correct, but in view of the development of the modern stick-haired, i.e. the German Shepherd , he was looking for a more distinctive name. The term "herding dog" only seemed appropriate for the little type III.

In the following years another dog type came into the focus of the association for down-to-earth herding dogs , namely a white, pointed type with herding dog qualities. This Hütespitz or Schäferspitz is listed in 1933 as one of the three types of down-to-earth herding dogs, along with the sheep poodle and the type II. The dog, originally classified as Type III, seems to have shown less interest in retrospect. The term Pomeranian herding dog was used in later publications for the plain-haired, white type II; in addition, it became the umbrella term for all strokes.

Description of the strokes

Pomeranian sheep poodle

For the Pomeranian variety, the colors are called pure white and white with other interspersed colors; see sheep poodle .

Pomeranian herding dog

A description of the student body of down-to-earth herding dogs from 1939 for the large Pomeranian herding dog (type II):

“The Pomeranian herding dog is the most stately breed of the down-to-earth breed, therefore generally larger and more elongated than the sheep poodle. The males of this loft are between 56 and 60 centimeters, the bitches around 55 centimeters. Her ear is small, triangular, tilted ear, lifted in excitement. His hair is simply long-haired, there is an undercoat. These dogs are mostly pure white, while the sheep poodles still have blue mold and other scattered colors. "

According to Wieland, these dogs often exhibited a "bad posture (hooked tail, tendency to curl)", at least before the start of breeding efforts. A curly tail is typical for tip.

Pomeranian hat tip

Description of the student council for down-to-earth herding dogs, 1939:

“He is medium-sized, erect-eared, looks stocky and has good medium-length stick hair. As its name suggests, it has small, tight, rounded erect ears, the edges and inside of which are well covered with hair. His medium-length stick hair has a good undercoat, but it depends on the season. The strong development of the guard hairs on the neck and on the cheeks causes the mustache to form the mane. Silky or soft hair is not found on working tips. The tail is short, hard and with bushy hair, has no flag and is usually not carried rolled over the back. In addition, the student council must reserve the right [...] to later recognize one or the other localized field. "

For a 13-year-old, " pure-blooded " Hütespitz male named Ivo , a height at the withers of 57 cm and a weight of about 23 kg are given in 1951.

To the origin of the hat tip

Shepherd dog from the Wetterau, signed by Friedrich Specht, in Die Gartenlaube , 1872

The hat point is not considered to be identical to the large and medium points , but may be related to them. Although the Großspitz was also found to be suitable for lighter herding work, it was primarily a house and farm dog whose tasks did not include working on large herds of cattle.

In the older literature, Spitz and shepherd-like dogs are either traced back to a common ancestor or the Spitz is viewed as the more original dog type from which the shepherds developed, among other things (see Torfspitz ).

Regardless of this, before the emergence of breed clubs in the 19th century, there was always an exchange between the different types of dogs. Wieland also wrote in 1927: "Unfortunately, the owners of these dogs - whether they be shepherds or farmers - do not value real pure breeding, so it will initially be quite difficult to put together completely pure breed lines."

Stop! by Heinrich von Zügel , 1897
stick-haired, light-colored sheepdog from northern Germany around 1900
long-haired, light-colored sheepdog from northern Germany around 1900

Synonymously with the term hats Spitz is also the term shepherd Spitz used. Max von Stephanitz sees in the latter, however, only another name for North German Shepherd Dogs, which were used for the breeding of the later German Shepherd Dog. For them, erect ears were typical in the middle of the 19th century; in the shepherd dogs drawn by woodpecker he sees the type of dog known as the shepherd's tip. Due to the particular popularity of standing-eared dogs, dogs from northern Germany and Thuringia would have been crossed in the Württemberg loft. The connection between this trait and the above-average size of the Württemberger was the egg of Columbus for the breeding of the shepherd dog. However, he also cites a lighter type for parts of central and northern Germany. There could have been a mixture with smaller Nordic dogs in the north ; the Spitz or Pommer was very common there. A curling tendency of the tail and the long stick hair, which resembles the pointy hair, are hardly to be found in the south, while it occurs more frequently in the north. He also mentions that lighter colored sheepdogs called molds were more common in these areas.

The Hungarian Mudi is sometimes ascribed a relationship to the Hütespitz .

Others

The Pomeranian herding dogs were used to consolidate the breeds of the Polski Owczarek Podhalanski , the Kuvasz , the Liptak , the Transylvanian Shepherd Dog and vice versa.

They are also believed to be among the ancestors of today's White Shepherd Dog . There is also a clear similarity to the Pomeranian Hütespitz . Since the direct descent of the White Shepherd Dog from the German Shepherd Dog is known, this relationship can generally be sought before the breed-related separation of the German Shepherd Dog from the Old Germans. However, due to their phenotypic appearance, dogs can be classified as belonging to the “White Swiss Shepherd” breed. Therefore, the last Pomeranian herding dogs could have merged into the breeding of the White Shepherd.

It is noteworthy that in Pomerania , white was apparently a preferred color for breeding across all dog types. In the case of the tips, this led to the fact that white tip was called Pommernspitze . This name was then carried over in the English-speaking world to the later dwarf Spitz , which is called there Pomeranian .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Wieland: The herding dog blows in Pomerania. In: The dog. Vol. 1, 1926, ZDB -ID 511795-1 , pp. 299-301, (PDF; 391 kB).
  2. ↑ These names are cited with reference to Wieland in Aga Gräfin vom Hagen: Die Hunderassen. A guide for dog lovers and breeders. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, Potsdam, 1935, p. 120, right column.
  3. ^ W. Wieland: The herding dog blows in Pomerania. In: The dog. Vol. 1, 1926, pp. 299-301, here p. 301, (PDF; 391 kB).
  4. ↑ a b Heinrich Zimmermann (Ed.): Lexicon of dog friends. 2 volumes. Verlag von Mensch und Tier, Berlin 1933–1934.
  5. ↑ Kynegetikos: Down-to-earth herding dogs - final part . In: Rundschau für Jagd und Hundesport. Vol. 17, No. 4/5, May 1939, ZDB -ID 1167760-0 , pp. 103-104, here p. 104, (PDF; 442 kB).
  6. ^ W. Wieland: The herding dog blows in Pomerania. In: The dog. Vol. 1, 1926, pp. 299–301, here p. 300, (PDF; 391 kB).
  7. ↑ Kynegetikos: Down-to-earth herding dogs - final part . In: Rundschau für Jagd und Hundesport. Vol. 17, No. 4/5, May 1939, pp. 103-104, here p. 104, (PDF; 442 kB).
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Luther: Observations on innate behavior in a Pomeranian herding dog. In: Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. Vol. 8, Issue 3, 1951, ISSN  0044-3573 , pp. 443-448, doi : 10.1111 / j.1439-0310.1951.tb00185.x
  9. ↑ Anna Laukner: The color of the fur on tips - Part 1. In: Swiss dog magazine. 8/11, ZDB -ID 2398984-1 , pp. 22-31, here p. 29.
  10. ↑ Description of the large and medium peak by the GEH.
  11. ^ W. Wieland: The herding dog blows in Pomerania. In: The dog. Vol. 1, 1926, pp. 299-301, here p. 301.
  12. ↑ Max von Stephanitz: The German Shepherd Dog in words and pictures. 6th, completely revised and greatly increased edition. Verlag für German Shepherd Dogs, Munich 1921, p. 116 .
  13. ↑ Max von Stephanitz: The German Shepherd Dog in words and pictures. 6th, completely revised and greatly increased edition. Publisher for German Shepherds, Munich 1921, p. 130 .
  14. ↑ Max von Stephanitz: The German Shepherd Dog in words and pictures. 6th, completely revised and greatly increased edition. Publisher for German Shepherd Dogs, Munich 1921, p. 120 .
  15. ↑ Erna Mohr : Hungarian Shepherd Dogs (= Die neue Brehm-Bücherei. Vol. 176, ISSN  0138-1423 ). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Ziemsen, Wittenberg-Lutherstadt, 1969.
  16. ↑ Registration form of the BVWS for the application for a phenotype assessment ( Memento of the original dated December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 729 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bvws.de
  17. ↑ Anna Laukner: Coat Color in the Spitz. Part I. In: Journal of the International Society for Preservation of Primitive Aboriginal Dogs (PADS Journal). No. 32, July 2012, pp. 4–19, here p. 9 online (PDF; 3.05 MB) .