Do Long Haired WLs exist?

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by Jyl on 16 February 2015 - 07:02

I have seen several working line long coats... Here is one.. I have not seen this one, I was just emailed this picture by his breeder. This is a Puck vom Grafental son...

by bea on 16 February 2015 - 09:02

there are some very beautiful long haired working line dogs, some breed long haired working line with a good conformation

by Kaffirdog on 16 February 2015 - 09:02

There was one at the WOrld Championships, can't remember the name though.

Margaret N-J

by Allan1955 on 16 February 2015 - 12:02

I am with Hexe on this. Prejudice started it and pride kept it going for decades while we all know that the LSH gene has been with the breed from the very beginnig.

Still it took the LSH untill 2001 to be amitted to the GSD standard by the FCI. Prior to this they just disappeard through a breeders backdoor.

This still lives in many people minds today that is why there are so few of them arround.

Ridiculoules.

by Blitzen on 16 February 2015 - 13:02

IMO the texture of the coat is far more important than the length. The long, soft coats that lay flat like a Golden's are not good for a dog that has to work tending sheep in snow and freezing rain. I guess that's not a big deal to most breeders today, but it is a survival characteristic that probably should be taken into consideration when planning a breeding. I've owned a GSD with a long, soft, flat coat and the grooming never ended. He also formed ice balls in his coat and pads, was a burr magnet, took days to dry when he got a bath, and every week I had to comb out knots behind his ears.

by Maxleia on 16 February 2015 - 13:02

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/breeding.result?father=1336668&mother=553871

by Richard Medlen on 16 February 2015 - 13:02

Someone may have already posted it but several years in Germany there was the Long Haired German Shepherd Dog Club. They issued their own papers and acted the same as the SV. Their papers were not recognized by the SV or any other breed club at the time as I understood it. I am not sure if that club still exists and given the acceptance of the long coats by the conventional breed world, it is probbably unlikely that the Long Coat Club could have survived.

I was visiting with a friend in Germany and one afternoon, a guy from China came by his house asking for help in finding and exporting "Registered Long Coats" to China. At the time, I didn't realize such a registry even existed. Apparently, the long coats, particularly those with papers, were quite the fad in China at the time.