Breeding the White Swiss Shepherd – with pedigree St. Hubertus
Here is the story of our first dog.
One day in the summer of 2005, the ten horses of our herd had disappeared from the meadow. After following their tracks for many hours, we managed to find them three kilometres from our home! But there were only nine of them now: Felissa, one of our most magnificent mares was not with them. Not long after, we found out that our horses had been released deliberately, and that Felissa had been taken away, without any scruples, by three kids from the village. When we had recovered from this incident and the whole herd had been restored, we decided we could not afford such an incident ever again: we had to buy a guard dog!
So we started looking for a dog that would suit our requirements. As we breed Norwegian Fjord horses, but also Saanen goats, we needed a good dog that was attentive to horses but could also accompany a flock of goats when we take it to grazing grounds. We were looking for a dog with multiple qualities: brave, intelligent, tractable, and well disposed to children.
We first thought of a German Shepherd, until we discovered the White Swiss Shepherd. We were convinced that the White Swiss Shepherd had all the qualities we were looking for and we fell under the spell of his superb white fur!