Max von Stephanitz and SV??? - Page 1

Does anyone know how long Max von Stephanitz judged and picked out national champoins?

He lived until the mid 1930's, did he stay active until the very end of his life?

Just wondering........

His history is all over the internet.   Quotes are as numerous as flies on a stinking carcass.
Surely you can find the answers you desire.

Do you think that he could meet today's breeding standards?

I don't think Von Stephanitz would even recognize todays GSDs.

So basicly you don't know eaither........

I'm sure I have read much about him but my febble mind couldn't remember it if I tried.
I can't believe no one has offered up any links yet.

Ask Videx. He seems to think he has a direct channel to Max's ghost.  Or else he's arrogant enough to believe the current German showlines are a vast improvement on von Stephanitz's dogs...

Max was still judging as late as 1925......I'm still looking for an answer.

If you guys could stop you petty bickering and look for the answer I would truly appreciate it.


Von Stephanitz had become alarmed at the trend in the breed toward oversized square dogs. Other problems included lack of steady temperament and faults of dentition. He and the breed wardens decided drastic measures needed to be taken. At the 1925 Sieger show von Stephanitz selected Klodo von Boxberg as world sieger. This dog was dramatically different from the type of dog that had gone before him. He was of lower station, deeper and longer in body, short in loin and with a far-reaching gait. As it turned out Klodo proved to be a potent sire, successfully heralding a "new" type of shepherd. That same year Klodo was imported to America by A. Gilbert of Maraldene Kennels in Hamden, Connecticut. Klodo, through a number of important sons and daughters, is largely responsible for the faults and virtues of modern North American lines.
 another photo of Klodo v Boxberg
In 1936 John Gans imported Sieger Pfeffer von Bern and in 1938 Sidney Heckert Imported Odin vom Busecker Schloss. Through their intense inbreeding and line-breeding, these were dogs that molded the majority of our modern day lines. Pfeffer was German Sieger in 1937 and had a great show career in America. Through Pfeffer a uniform type in America was established but with the faults of long coats, missing dentition, faulty temperament, overlong bodies and loins, and orchidism (missing one or both testicles).