What value do ethics, animal protection and ethology have in the association?

Top priority in the SV is the animal protection not only in the keeping, but also and foremost in the training and breeding of the German Shepherd.

The reliability of training methods and breeding programs is to be measured against the ethical principles for the training and breeding of German Shepherds in the SV. These ethical principles are based on the legal standards and on the human’s responsibility for the animal taken into his custody.

The SV has developed own guidelines and principles for this and published them in the „Handbook of cynology”.