researching an old line - Page 1

n going through some old papers my parents had I found the pedigree of my very first GSD. My parents gave him to me when I was a very troubled 14 year old and he gave me a life long love of GSD's. Part of the contract my father signed with the breeder was that I had to show him in puppy conformation during the first year. I did this twice and both tmes he not only placed but beat out his litter mate, who the breeder had kept back! I gave up showing him because we both thought it was boring, He lived to be 14 and was a great dog, a real representative of the description of the breed standard. One day my mother accidentally let him out and he came straght to my high school ( about a mile down the road) and found me!


This is a link to Kings father. Does anyone know anything about this line, if it still exists? I would love to get a pup from that line.




gsdca.org/GSDReviewed/fdogs/FalkoCellar.html

I’m pretty sure you are aware of the fact that in his lineage your dog goes way back to “Pfeffer von Bern”, who was a Conformation “Sieger” in 1937 in Germany. Pfeffer left shortly afterwards to become “Grand Victor” in the USA, and even twice in a row: 1937/1938.

What might be of interest and new to you, is the fact that the sire of Pfeffer was “Dachs von Bern”.
And Dachs was also the sire of “Odin vom Busecker Schloss” (vom Busecker Schloss being a renowned kennel).
Now Odin sired another dog named Tasso of Villa Marina.

And this Tasso has sired a dog who became quite famous, namely "Rin Tin Tin 2".
Take note that we are NOT talking about the first Rin Tin Tin, and that Rin Tin Tin 2 was NOT a son of the original (people get confused sometimes).

Nevertheless will most Americans of that era know this particular German Shepherd Dog (Rin Tin Tin 2) from the series:
"The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" that were broadcasted from 1954 to 1959.

So basically your dog King sits pretty close to Rin Tin Tin 2, bloodwise I mean.
Hope this helps!

Your dog	Rin Tin Tin 2
different generations inbetween	Tasso of Villa Marina
Pfeffer von Bern	Odin vom Busecker Schloss
Dachs von Bern

Your dog is also related to another very famous dog, through Tasso of Villa Marina:  Bullet's Pride of Encino, which was the dog that appeared with Roy Rogers in many movies!

Pedigree: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/531814.html

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/403415.html

This is the pedigree for Falko. You can click on the 7gen ped and see all the really old dogs in there. Good Luck in your search.

That's soooooo interesting!  Thanks folks!

Thank you all so much. He was a really great dog and I probably would not be who I am now, if not for him, a lover of GSD's

I am feeling bad that I did not show or title him. We just had fun being best friends!