Hitler
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:49 am
I was looking up something to post here in response to Dave's quip about discussing Hitler in this forum.
I found something interesting...
http://www.wgsdca.org/thebreed/gsdvswgsd.asp - Article on white German Shepherds'
...The Nazis, including Hitler, saw the white coat as an undesirable trait, and further assumed that the white coated dogs' genes paled the darker coated dogs' colors. With little knowledge of science, they blamed the whites for many diseases as well. Germany soon barred white German Shepherds from the conformation ring and the breeding pool. The United States followed suit in the late fifties, early sixties. (The exact date is unknown due to lack of finding correct historical documents) While Shepherd enthusiasts in the USA wanted to remove them also from the breeding pool, the AKC refused to withhold them from registration. Hence, the color white is in the top number of colors of GSD’s registered with the AKC today!
I found something interesting...
http://www.wgsdca.org/thebreed/gsdvswgsd.asp - Article on white German Shepherds'
...The Nazis, including Hitler, saw the white coat as an undesirable trait, and further assumed that the white coated dogs' genes paled the darker coated dogs' colors. With little knowledge of science, they blamed the whites for many diseases as well. Germany soon barred white German Shepherds from the conformation ring and the breeding pool. The United States followed suit in the late fifties, early sixties. (The exact date is unknown due to lack of finding correct historical documents) While Shepherd enthusiasts in the USA wanted to remove them also from the breeding pool, the AKC refused to withhold them from registration. Hence, the color white is in the top number of colors of GSD’s registered with the AKC today!