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Originally Posted by yukidomari
What was written in the English version of Der deutsche Schaferhund regarding German Shepherd Dogs:
"One has only to glance at the following picture to be convinced that there is nothing, positively less than nothing, to be gained by the infusion of a wolf's blood for the purpose of adding to the "points" of shepherd dogs. The picture shows and ill-assorted pair, a shepherd dog and a wolf, which were exhibited twenty years ago in a kennel in Hamburg."
(P. 47, 1923 English Edition)
You can see almost entire English 1923 edition here:
http://books.google.com/books?prints...page&q&f=false
Is that what is also written in the German 1921 Edition? |
Very likely as it is what the author clearly stated all his life and also stated on page 45:
>> A sharp cleavage has been achieved between our house dogs living at home and their wild cousins living at liberty, by a spearation lasting for eons, by a life lived under vastly different conditions, by a mental developement, which is a consequence of intimate connection with man, and, last but by no means least, by a special selection for the purposes of breeding. This cleavage not only touches, as we said above, the exterior build, but also, and above all, the characteristics and inner qualities.
Every Infusion therefor of wild dog blood which is effected without a scientific motive must be called a sin against our shepherd dog.<<