About The Bohemian Shepherd (or Chodsky Pes)

This dog is quite possibly one of the predecessors of the German Shepherd, having been known to exist in the Czech Republic as far back as the 1300's, and having been professionally bred as early as the 1500's. (Centuries before the Germans decided to try and make their own national breed)

In 1984 a modern breeding program began for this dog in the CZ and there are now numerous breeders. If you have a Chodsky Pes, you have a pedigreed animal.

From an owner of this lovely breed: "Im an American living in Prague, CZ and I have a 3 month old Chodsky female. All of these puppies look almost identical and don’t really start to show their adult coloring until they are about 6 or 7 months. Some have medium length coats, but most of them have very very furry and fluffy coats. They are also a medium sized dog - maximum 25 kg in the breeding standard, minimum 16 kg. Brilliant temperament. Brilliant learners. "

If you would like to see the English translation of some background info of these dogs, please see here: http://prfdec.natur.cuni.cz/~polejit/chp_eng.htm

this is a pack, you can see that most of them look very similar to one another - they resemble GSD's but are clearly their own breed)