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Brief historical summary:

In the year 1955 a biological experiment took place in the CSSR of that time, namely,
the crossing of a German Shepherd Dog with a Carpathian Wolf. The experiment
established that the progeny of the mating of a male dog to a female wolf as
well as that of male wolf to female dog, could be reared. The overwhelming majority
of the products of these mating possessed the genetic requirements for continuation
of breeding. In the year 1965, after the ending of the experiment, a plan for
the breeding of this new breed was worked out. This was to combine the usabelqualities
of the wolf with the favourable qualities of the dog. In the year 1982, the
Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, through the general committee of the breeder's associations
of the CSSR of that time, was recognized as a national breed.

History:

Where is the origin of this breed and who is the author of the idea of crossbreeding
German Shepherds and wolves? It is necessary to go back as far as 1955 when
ing. Karel Hartl began to work with the idea at the kennels of the Border Guard
in Libejovice. The first attempts to mate the she-wolf Brita with the chosen
German Shepherd were not successful. The breeding dog had to be changed. The
first hybrids of the above mentioned she-wolf and the German Shepherd Cezar
z Brezoveho haje were born on May 26, 1958


Anatomical and physiological differences between the hybrids and
both parental forms were examined in detailed way; their capacity for training,
activity and tenacity was tested. Chosen hybrids were mated again with non-related
German Shepherd Puppies from the second filial generation could be trained if
they were taken out of the kennels and reared individually. Hybrids of the generations
F 3 and F 4 were commonly used as service dogs in the army.


The she-wolf Brita was also mated with the German Shepherd Kurt z Vaclavky
and she gave birth to the first two lines of the hybrid. A third line was also born in the
Czech lands; its founder was the wolf Argo. The female German Shepherd Astra
z SNB gave birth to offspring in the kennels of the Police in Bychory in 1968
The abbreviation "CV" (Czech Wolfdog) started to be used for interline hybrids.

In the 1970s most hybrids were sent to new kennels, near Malacky, which belonged
to the Bratislava section of the Border Guard.

The best breeding dogs got further from the "iron curtain" And
so Slovak breeders were not under such strong pressure to produce special
hybrids for the army and the could work on the unifying the external traits
of the new breed. The Vice-commander of the above mentioned kennels, Major
Frantisek Rosik, now the honorary president of the Slovak Club of Breeders
of the Czechoslovak Wolfdog in Bratislava, undoubtedly took the greatest credit
for the development of the breed in Slovakia.

A third wolf - Sarik enriched the population in Malacky He was mated with a female
hybrid of the F 3 generation
Xela z Pohranicni straze and with a female dog CV Urta z z Pohranicni straze
in 1972. The name "Czech Wolfdog (CV)" was gradually changed to "Czechoslovakian
Wolfdog (CsV)", under which the breed was later recognized. The last entry
into the fond of genes of the breed was the mating of the she-wolf Lady
with the German Shepherd Bojar von Schotterhof, which again took place in
the Southern Bohemian town of Libejovice and the puppies were born on April
26, 1983 Kazan z Pohranicni straze (F 1), born from this mating,
was used directly in breeding
CsV. There has been only pure-blood breeding within the population of the
new breed since.
From the beginning Czechoslovak Wolfdogs got into the hands of civilian breeders.
However, kennel organizations in the Czechoslovakia refused all attempts of
ing. Karel Hartl to gain recognition for the Club of Breeders of this breed
and at recording breedings into the pedigree register. A meeting of the Club
was not held until March 20, 1982, in Brno and in the same year, the first
43 puppies were entered in The Main Pedigree Register in Prague. In ten years
(1982 - 1991), 1552 puppies were recorded.