dutch shepherd register

Register of Hollandse Herdershonden (Dutch Shepherds)

With thanks to Lia Helmers, who did the research and typework up till the dogs born in 1995.
The main source of course is the Dutch Kennel Club Stud Book. There are also dogs listed who are mentioned in various canine sources until ca. 1960. Even though these are not registered, there is reason enough to include them:

In the old days, not all dogs taking part in official canine activities were entered in the Stud Book. It could for example happen that a dog was entered into the Stud Book after having won prizes at dog shows. Today, it's just the other way round: only dogs with a Kennel Club pedigree can be entered at shows. And the Stud Book is 'closed' now, which means that only the offspring from registered parents gets registered.

Anyway, before World War II one could find, at dog shows, many Dutch shepherds who didn't have an official registry number, but nevertheless could very well be counted as "members of the family". This is why Mrs. Helmers also searched through every canine periodical and old show catalogue she could lay her hands on. All the dogs she found listed there, are included here, too. Furthermore there was the NHC's "club register", in which, too, some dogs could be found that never made it to an official Kennel Club registry. Those dogs, too, are listed here. (NHC = Nederlandse Herdershonden Club = Dutch Shepherd Dog Club)

From the last decennia, only the dogs with a NHSB (Nederlands Hondenstamboek, = Dutch Dog Stud Book) number are included in the list.
But of course there are unregistered Dutch shepherds today, too. Why aren't they listed here?
In the good old days, I mean OLD days, one could find unregistered Dutch shepherds who herded sheep and/or guarded farms, far from the madding crowd. These dogs had been bred locally by the farmers and shepherds in the area, and one could expect them to be reasonably purebred. But how big would now, in the 21st century, be the chance that one might still find true-bred shepherd dogs from those original rural lines?
Today's unregistered Dutch shepherds stem mostly from breeding aimed at producing good police dogs. Almost all of those dogs have at least one Malinois ancestor, and in some cases there might be still another breed mixed in. As those dogs are not registered as purebreds anyway, this is not something to be bothered about. (Their breeders, however, commonly do keep some private registry of their stock. This is why one can find carefully kept pedigree pages on their websites, too..... and sometimes even "kennel names" which, however, are not Kennel Club registered .)
But the aim of the list we have here, is to show what is still remaining of the purebred Dutch shepherd - or at least as purebred as possible. Because the breeding of purebred dogs is not the first concern of the average "police dog" breeder, their dogs have not been taken into account here.

Well, this was the introduction, and now to the list. Not everything is placed online yet, there's more to come! Check back for updates.

When reading the list, you might find the following helpful:
- if a dog's name is bold, it has been used for breeding in Holland
- if a dog's name is underlined, it has been used for breeding outside of Holland
- if a dog's name is both bold and underlined, it has offspring both in and outside of Holland
- "tent." is short for "tentoonstelling" = exhibition. It means that the dog's name is found in a report from that show.

Translations of words:
Duitse herder = German shepherd
geboren = born
hond(en) = dog(s)
jeugdklas, openklas = young dogs' class, open class (at dog shows)
kampioen = champion, meaning here: show champion
korthaar, kortharig = short hair, shorthaired
langhaar, langharig = long hair, longhaired
moeder = mother, dam
nest = litter
"Nest van Jansen A. te Alkmaar" = litter bred by A. Jansen, living in the town of Alkmaar
omstreeks = about, around
onbekend = unknown
R (reu) = male dog
ruwhaar, ruwharig = rough hair, roughhaired
T (teef) = female dog
te = in, from
vader = father, sire
van= of