ALL THOSE "Von" names!!!!

[Lilliam]

Originally Posted by x11

will you be asking anything about the difference between hunt & prey drives anytime soon? :-)

LOL!!!! that one just got covered....

I was going to get into contracts/co ownership/neutering....

[x11]

gotcha, what about how much biting yr ankles should you allow your puppy to do, should you let it on the sofa and will that cause it to attack you later, ideal poop color/texture....jk

[Sunflowers]

NoooooooooooooOOOOO not neutering!

Hey, couldn't resist. If you search this topic you will see lots of threads and heated opinions.

What about contracts?

[shepherdmom]

Originally Posted by ken k

my 3 are not papered but i have given them all "von" names LOL

[Sunflowers]

Doesn't EMoore have a Rocky vom Backyard name in her sig?

[Mrs.K]

Originally Posted by Lilliam

Awesome!!!

Thank you for that explanation.

So...if, for example, I chose as his call name Kyrie (I LOVE that!!!) and I went to, say Haus Juris, the puppy would be named Kyrie von Haus Juris.

I like it!!!!

... it is Kyrie vom Haus Juris, not "von".

[Olivers mama]

Originally Posted by Chris Wild

There is a lot more to it than "status" or some sort of elitest attitude as one poster implied. And while I agree things like conformation showing are political, having a "legitimate sounding" name has nothing to do with it and the idea that names are picked for that reason is totally incorrect.

I didn't say the fancy names have any higher regard in confirmation. What I said was some people prefer the German names for their GSD. And it does sound fancy in the show ring. I wish people wouldn't get so caught up in names. If you have a German dog, it must have a German-sounding name. Same with the Scottish breeds. Or Irish. Etc... Better to concentrate on the soundness of the animal, IMO.

And Chris - I can have my own opinion, just as everyone else does. (I deleted the rest of my comment, so as not to start another argument.)

[x11]

german names don't sound so exotic ... in germany

[Sunflowers]

Originally Posted by Olivers mama

I didn't say the fancy names have any higher regard in confirmation. What I said was some people prefer the German names for their GSD. And it does sound fancy in the show ring. I wish people wouldn't get so caught up in names. If you have a German dog, it must have a German-sounding name. Same with the Scottish breeds. Or Irish. Etc... Better to concentrate on the soundness of the animal, IMO.

And Chris - I can have my own opinion, just as everyone else does. (I deleted the rest of my comment, so as not to start another argument.)

What I understood you said was that the names were for status seeking owners who wanted, or wanted it to be believed that they have GSDs from German breeding. Your post referred to kennel, not dog, names.

[Mrs.K]

most "german" kennel names in the US are seriously messed up. Some did good research, the majority has either spelling or grammar errors... those that use babblefish to translate an english name into german should rather stick to english.

and yeah, german in germany is not exotic at all. ... how dare we use german for our kennel names.
There is a reason for kennel names. There is a reason why a kennelname can only be used once and why you can have it internationally protected. There is a reason why the alphabet is used for litters and why each kennel can only use a name once...

it's to track dogs, litters and linage and has nothing to do with status! That being said, you can build status and a legacy if you consistently produce over the top dogs.