Thread: Interesting dutch Shepherd article

I found this particular article about the Dutch shepherds from a kennel in the America which has had expericence with the knpv dogs and the fci dogs please note the second and third paragraphs which i have highlghted.

The Working Dutch Shepherd is bred to do Police Type Work. Seen almost exclusively in Holland working for the Dutch Police and in the Sport of KNPV. In the last few years the popularity of this breed has grown and Dutch Shepherds are entering into the United States on a regular basis as police, military and sport dogs. The Working Dutch Shepherds were mostly seen working for US Military and then discovered by our Police Agencies. They have recently become popular in Protection Dog Sports such as schutzhund, french ring, mondio ring and PSA-protections sport association. The are great Personal Protection and Family Dogs.

We prefer the KNPV line Dutch Shepherds from Holland compared to the FCI lines out of Germany because the KNPV lines are bred for pure working ability, size, prey and hunt drives.

The Dutch Shepherd is a rare breed and not recognized by AKC nor have American breeders encouraged AKC registration because there is concern that AKC is not a guardian of maintaining the working ability of a breed and that if AKC recognized this amazing working breed that breeders will breed for pure looks and profit without emphasis on maintaining the working ability of the Dutch Shepherd. Dutch Shepherd breeders also do not want to limit their ability to breed to working Dutch Shepherds such as Police K9s because few police K9s are registered but exemplify the ideal characteristics of the working breed by passing the rigorous tests needed to be certified as a police K9.

It seems that every article i read states that the knpv dutch shepherds and malinois are much stronger than the FCI type. However there is never an article that states that the FCI is stronger. Please don't attack me i am just passing on the information for people to understand and read about the differences.

If you want a conformation dog an FCI dog is what you should get. They do all the shows in Europe. You will not see any knpv dogs at the shows in eurpoe unless they have a fase pedigree.