[Liesje]

Every dog has a pedigree, even my rescue mutt, just like every person has a genealogy. A GSD might come with a known pedigree but nothing makes a GSD "a pedigree". I personally am suspicious of dogs that are marketed as being "pedigreed" because, again, all dogs have a pedigree. Just because a dog has an official one printed out is no indication of the quality of the dog or the breeding.

The "von" is just part of the kennel name, using the typical German syntax. Von/vom/von der = "from", or "of the".