Circulaire 77/2007 21.06.2007

White Swiss Shepherd Dog (WSSD, 347)

As the responsible country for the breed standard White Swiss
Shepherd Dog (WSSD, standard 347), the SKG informs us of their
concern regarding the current situation as far as the breeding of
this breed and the issuing of pedigrees by some FCI member countries
are concerned. We share their concern and observe that even after
the recognition of the White Swiss Shepherd Dog (WSSD, standard 347)
on 01.01.2003 (date of the official recognition), matings with non-
purebred subjects (3 generations) from this breed continue to take
place or that white German Shepherd Dogs with one or more coloured
ancestor(s) are re-registered as WSSD.

We remind all FCI member organisations and contract partners that
they have to comply with the following :

1. White Swiss Shepherd Dogs (347) CANNOT be mated with white German
Shepherd Dogs (GSD, standard 166) since they are two distinct breeds
with different breed standards. In order to guarantee that both
breeds are correctly separated, it is also important to respect what
follows :

2. WSSD cannot be entered in the studbooks of this very breed if a
part or all their ancestors (3 generations) were still registered,
after 01.01.2003, as white German Shepherd Dogs.

3. It is not allowed to re-register as a WSSD (347) a dog which was
registered as a white German Shepherd Dog (166) after 01.01.2003.

4. An accidental white German Shepherd Dogs (white puppy in a litter
of German Shepherd Dogs) with one or more coloured ancestor(s)
cannot be used for breeding as a WSSD nor can it be re-registered as
a WSSD.