German shepherds have a special character, so many dog breeders choose this breed. As the main features of her character, one can single out loyalty, complaisance, her respectful attitude to a person. Such dogs are widely used as service dogs, in the war years they helped the wounded on the battlefield, undermined enemy tanks, delivered documents to hard-to-reach places.
However, it was precisely from the times of World War II that the Daufman Shepherds became known - the legendary fascist dogs, terrifying everyone who had met her before.
History
The fascists in 1939 began to create concentration camps. These places of death are known for their particularly cruel treatment of all prisoners. In order to keep the prisoners in fear, convoys with dogs were created, the German shepherd, due to its nature, was not quite suitable. Therefore, Hitler of the Reich dog training laboratory ordered to increase the aggressiveness and cruelty of representatives of this breed. So there were shepherd dogs Daufman, dog handler SS.
How this breed was bred is little known. The documentation on the work of the Reich dog handlers laboratory is classified, and magazines are in the library of the Congress of the United States of America. According to some reports, there is information about the methods of creating the breed using genetic experiments with a German shepherd, she was introduced the blood of an African hyena. And it is these genetic modifications that determine the ruthlessness, dodgy and cowardice of the Daufman Shepherd.
However, today many dog handlers doubt the possibility of breeding a new breed, therefore Daufman's shepherd dogs are not registered anywhere, they can not be found in dog books, no one creates clubs for lovers of this breed and corresponding kennels. The basis for doubt is the facts about the impossibility of crossing shepherd dogs and hyenas. Such experiments will take many years, and in the case of the creation of this breed, this time period will be 1-2 years. Hyenas and dogs have different sets of chromosomes, and such a cross is pointless due to the cowardice inherent in hyenas. Therefore, a killer dog with such a set of genes is unlikely to succeed.
However, there is the possibility of creating such dogs with a high degree of aggressiveness by selecting the most ferocious individuals and crossing them with each other. This method is also very time consuming.
As known, upbringing has a special place in the character of the dog. And if the owner wants to raise an aggressive animal, it’s easy. When the owner deprives the pet of communication, affection, attention, refuses her satisfaction of her desires and needs, he forms a neurotic character warehouse of the dog. Beatings can provoke hatred of a person. Therefore, these methods may well raise a particularly aggressive and ferocious individual. An unstable psyche is a danger to humans, no matter how large a representative of any breed, in any case, it can cause damage. Therefore, experienced dog handlers reject puppies with similar character traits, thereby stopping their reproduction.
A dog is a friend of a person, therefore, proper upbringing and a healthy psyche are the main criteria for keeping a pet.
Description
Daufman Shepherd Dogs are similar to German Shepherd Dogs. They have a strong relief body, about 75 cm tall. The head is considered a bit more massive than that of German shepherds, ears are erect, eyes are dark to light brown in color, and nose is black. Well developed jaws and fairly strong neck. The coat is tight, hard to the touch, the color is mostly dark, black. Photos of these dogs are few in number, as well as accurate information about the creation of the breed. It is believed that there were not too many representatives, although accurate statistics were also impossible to provide.
It is known that the development and experiments carried out in the laboratories of the Nazis are kept secret until now.
Character Features
When training this breed of shepherd dogs, the most cruel methods were used in relation to living creatures. Reich dog handlers put on the uniform of concentration camp prisoners and beat dogs for a long time with metal rods. With this upbringing, the dogs became particularly aggressive and ferocious towards all prisoners. The cultivation of hatred of people, pleasure in persecuting a person, cunning and cowardice became the main features of such shepherds. After the war, about 42 thousand representatives of the breed were exported to the countries of the world. Therefore, Daufman's shepherd dogs were not eradicated due to their ferocity. Some of them were used in breeding other breeds, which did not give a positive result.
The nature of the bred breeds was spoiled, which limited their application.
In 1995, one of the magazines in America described the discovery of the "gene of aggression." Its authors were dog handlers K. Cooper and N. Moore. When examining the brain, ova and sperm of killer dogs, a difference was found between the chromosome regions responsible for the nervous system. And in this article, scientists argued that the gene is hereditary, that the offspring of such dogs will sooner or later show killer skills. According to some reports, when breeding a forbidden dog of the Superdog breed, Daufman shepherds were used. Super dogs were created for the protection of military facilities, they were larger and more powerful than shepherds, and also immune to radiation.Then the super dogs were crossed with savannah dogs, and a new breed, the Maikong, was bred for use against terrorists.
These dogs have been recognized by society as killers.
As one of the representatives of this breed, you can consider Sheepdog named Blondie. She was Hitler's favorite and was the fruit of Daufman's experiments. Hitler was inseparable from his dog, but after a hunting incident he nevertheless hastened to get rid of it. The fact is that when the Fuhrer was carving for a dead deer, he got dirty in his blood. Blondie pounced on the owner and tried to bite him. Then, by order of Hitler, the dog was taken to a country house for further maintenance. At the new habitat, the dog bit the majority of the staff working there, which made it impossible for the dog to stay on the Führer’s estate. Blondie euthanized.
At the moment, the law imposes restrictions on the breeding of this breed. For example, in Kiev, individuals are subject to mandatory sterilization, and owners are charged a high license fee. And also microchipping, liability insurance is mandatory, in case of walking it is necessary to keep such a dog in the muzzle and on a short leash.
The Daufman Sheepdog is a dog breed that is not recognized by the cynological society. However, animals with a similar ferocity in nature were found at different times, in history there are records of Roman dogs being trained on slaves, as well as aggressive super dogs and maykongs.
Today, hard work is being done to improve the species. German shepherds are represented by the most worthy individuals. Therefore, if you want to find a puppy with the qualities declared by the breed, a stable psyche, you must contact the kennel and take time to raise a worthy representative of the breed.
