1925 Sieger—American Ch. Klodo von Boxberg
SZ# 135239
Breeder:  O. Dienemann Gotha
Born August 20th, 1921

"Klodo was imported to this country shortly after his great German victory and quickly acquired his US championship. Surprisingly, Klodo never won the Grand Victor title in this country, perhaps because he was only 24" at the shoulder and not a very flashy dog, but Klodo and his sire Erich v Grafenwerth were the dog to modernize and more of less revolutionize the Shepherd Breed. Klodo, was truly a dog of magnificent structure, very substantial, good angulation fore and aft, a rich dark pigmented and a quite composed self-assurance. Klodo was a great dog and a great sire while in Germany, siring many greats.

 "Klodo and Erich should have been used much more by the American breeders, but after six years of age Klodo was a very reluctant stud and could hardly be coaxed to breed. He was probably imported just a little too late."

Grant Mann

"Klodo was the picture of balanced angulation, front and rear, the front reaching, the rear driving, proper croup, held together with a back. Indications are that the dog moved nearly as perfectly as they had imagined possible to that point. As he moved forward his head dropped to a position just above the shoulders and he dug in and moved, effortlessly, endlessly, correctly, on and on. There was no flipping of pasterns or fixed hock joints on that dog. It was the picture of endurance and efficiency that Von Stephanitz had been looking for. It marked a point where new goals were set. The epitome had been reached, from the 1925 Sieger show there was now a new Standard of Excellence.

It was Klodo that definitely started the transition of the breed with the offspring he produced. His good ones started appearing about 1924 when Klodo was three years old.

The early breedings to Klodo were to match him with more Erich von Grafenwerth stock, of which there was a multitude around. This did not always work out. In one case they got a dog 68 centimeters high and 40 centimeters deep, over 27 inches high and 13 1\2 deep. Another seems to measure "half a block long".

Klodo did do better in combination with the Billo v. Reideckenburg. progeny. Tobias Ott of Blasienberg used Klodo with a Tell\Horst background bitch that got him a dog, Harald von Blasienberg HGH, a worthwhile animal. The S.V. themselves used Klodo in a breeding plan they started themselves The S.V. determined that the Klodo progeny were generally excellent working dogs.

The Klodo von Boxberg sons that made the biggest impression other than Utz were:

1. Alf von der Webbelmanslust, born in 1925, out of strong, Jungtell, Horst, Gunter and old working lines. He sired 404 registered progeny in Germany before being exported to the United States. Unfortunately, he was overshadowed by, his illustrious brother Utz, and father Klodo. Some of his progeny carry his wonderful style.
2. Donar von Zuchtgut HGH, A dog second rated by Schealler but Donar did obtain the HGH. He only sired 142 progeny but among them were dogs considered necessary for the breed rebuilding process in Germany. He is a cornerstone of that project. Donar was typical of the reintroducing of working\herding stock. This program broadened the pedigrees, yet it tied so close to Klodo, the mainline. Donar's mother lines had strong Falko Scharenstetten, Horst, Arno, Tell, but no Erich or Jungtell on her side. Seffe was also an HGH bitch.
3. Curt von Herzog Hedan SchH, He was not highly regarded by the writer Schealler. This could well be because of the close ties to Nores. Curt's mother was inbred on Nores (2 -3) and also doubled on Jungtell"

 

~Garrett Gordon
Author of German Shepherd Dog History

Most Important Progeny:

• 1929 Sgr. Utz v. Haus Schutting Z.Pr.
• V Curt von Herzog Hedan
• V Alf von der Webbelmannslust
• Ulla vom Haus Schutting
• Rita von der Kohlenheide
• Daga vom Zuchtgut
• Dieta vom Zuchgut
• Amsel von Haus Schutting
• Buche vom Haus Schutting
• Castor vom Haus Schutting