HISTORY OF  ORIGEN OF THE CESKY TERRIER

FRANTISEK HORAK (1909-1996)

IN 1932 I OBTAINED MY FIRST SCOTTISH TERRIER DOG FROM THE BREEDER  FROM KROCEHLAVY.I HAD NOTICED THIS BREED FROM A PHOTO OF TWO SCOTTIES ON THE COVER OF THE MAGAZIN"DOG" IN 1928.FROM ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION SOURCES I STUDIED THE CARACTERISTICS OF THIS BREED,ESPECIALLY IT´S SUITABILITY FOR THE HUNT.

THE DOG WAS FROM HIS YOUTH VERY AGGRESSIVE,ESPECIALLY AGAINST PEOPLE,BUT HE SHOWED A GREAT INTEREST IN A GAME TOO.
IN 1934 I WORKED IN PLEZEN AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE MY DOG IN THE FORMER THURN-TAXIS HUNTING GROUND VYSOKA BY DOBRANY. THERE WERE FOXES AND BADGERS PRESENT,BUT ALSO RED DEERS,HARES AND OTHER GAMES.THE DOG WAS VERY GOOD IN THE BURROW (I CAUGHT THE FIRST BADGER IN 1935) AND SO I DECIDED TO BREED THIS BREED.

IN THE CYNOLOGY CLUB IN PLEZEN AT GOLDSCHEIDROVKA,I MADE THE ACQUAITANCE,AMONG MANY OTHERS,OF THE SCOTTISH TERRIER BREEDER MR.CERVENKA.BESIDES SCOTTIES HE ALSO OWNED SEALYHAM TERRIERS FROM THE BREEDER MRS.WIDMANN-SEDLNITZKA(LUKA U JIHLAVY).DURING ONE MEETING WITH HIM IN THE PARK,WE DISCUSSED ABOUT ABILITIES OF THESE TWO BREEDS.ON THE GROUND OF MY WORKING EXPERIENCES WITH SCOTTISH TERRIER I SAID THAT "SOMETHING" BETWWEN BOTH THESE BREEDS COULD LEAD TO A MORE SUCCESSFUL WORKING RESULT.

IN 1936 I BOUGHT FOR MY SCOTTIE FROM THE SAME BREEDER MR.SKLENAR A BITCH TOO.SHE PRODUCED IN 1938 MY FIRST LITTER OF SCOTTISH TERRIERS. I OWNED THE KENNEL LOVU ZDAR.

THE WAR YEARS 1938-45 WERE DIFFICULT FOR THE DOG  BREEDING TOO,BUT DESPITE THIS THE AMOUNT OF SCOTTISH TERRIERS INCREASED AND THE "BRUSH-DOG" HAD BECOME FASHIONABLE.

WHEN I MOVED TO KLANOVICE TOGEHETER WITH MY FAMILY IN 1940 ,I OWNED BESIDES SCOTTIES ONE SEALYHAM TERRIER BITCH JOYFULL JUTA,WHICH I HAD GOTTEN FROM THE KNOWN BREEDER MRS.WURM.
THIS WAY ,I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THE SEALYHAM TERRIER PERSONALLY.I TOOK THE NEXT SEALYHAM TERRIER BITCH FROM THE WELL-KNOWN BREEDER MR.PRINZING(GERMANY) AND OTHER ONE FROM ONE GERMAN BREEDER IN KLANOVICE.THESE SEALYHAM TERRIERS SHOWED VERY GOOD QUALITIES.THEY HAD A GOOD NOSE AND WERE IN OPPOSITE OF THE SCOTTISH,BETTER COMMAND.AT THAT TIME I WAS CONTEMPLATING MORE AND MORE TO BRING INTO BEEING MY IDEA FROM 1934-TO FORM A COMPROMISE OUT OF THESE TWO BREEDS!

THEREFORE IN 1949 I MATED MY SCOTTISH TERRIER BITCH WITH DONKA LOVU ZDAR BY THE SEALYHAM TERRIER BURGANIER URQUELLE.THE RESULT WAS 3 PUPPIES,WHERE ONLY ONE DOG SURVIVED..IT WAS GIVEN THE NAME ADAM LOVU ZDAR AND THE NUMBER 1,TO HIM.THIS DOG WAS BRINDLE,JUST LIKE HIS MOTHER.HE HAD HALF HANGING AND BIGGER EARS THAN THOSE OF THE SCOTTISH TERRIER.FOR THIS REASON I DECIDED TO HAVE THEM SURGICALLY CHANGED TO HANG COMPLETELY.

LATER I OBSERVED HIS HUNTING QUALITIES.UNFORTUNATELLY. HE WAS SHOT DEAD BY A CARELESS HUNTER IN 1951 DURING A HARE-HUNT IN KLANOVICE.
I REPORTED MY EXPERIMENT AT BREEDING A NEW BREED TO THE CZECH TERRIER CLUB AND DEMANDED FOR THE BREED TO BE NAMED  CESKY TERRIER ,SHOULD IT BE A SUCCESS.

IN 1950 I REPEATED MY ENDAVOUR.JUST AS IN THE FIRST TIME I CROSSED MY SCOTTISH TERRIER BITCH (SCOTCH ROSE) WITH THE SEALYHAM DOG  BURGANIER URQUELLE.IN THIS LITTER OF SIX PUPPIES,THERE WAS ONLY ONE DOG WITH NORMAL DROPPED EARS,LIKE I WANTED-BALDA LOVU ZDAR NR2.THIS DOG WAS BRINDLE.HE BECAME PRACTICALLY THE FOUNDATION-SIRE OF THE BREED.I MATED HIS LITTER-SISTER BABA LOVU ZDAR BY ADAM LOVU ZDAR,BUT NONE OF THE PUPPIES WAS SUATABLE FOR FUTHER BREEDING.I USED BALDA FOR THE BITCH BABA(BROTHERXSISTER) THEN,BUT LIKEWISE,NONE OF THE PUPS COULD BE USED FOR BREEDING.PURPOSELY I CROSSED BALDA WITH HIS MOTHER SCOTCH ROSE.THIS ATTEMP WAS SUCCESSFUL ,BECAUSE OUT OF THIS LITTER,THERE WERE TWO PUPPIES WITH WELL DROPPED EARS,THE DOG DAREBA LOVU ZDAR AND THE BITCH DIANA LOVU ZDAR.I GAVE THE DOG BAREBA (WICH WAS BRINDLE)TO A HUNTER,BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE DOG DIED AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE USED FOR BREEDING.
HIS SISTER DIANA LOVU ZDAR BECAME HOWEVER REALLY THE FOUNDATION-DAM OF THE BREED.AT FIRST SHE WAS BLACK,LATER DARK GREY AND SHE HAS ESPECIALLY WELL-DOPPED EARS. SHE HAD SATISFACTORY RESEMBLANCE OF OF THE DESIRED TYPE OF CESKY TERRIER.AS FAR AS THE COAT WAS CONCERNED,I DECIDED TO SHAVE IT OF,AS THE PREPERATION FOR EXHIBITIONS USING THE USUAL TRIMMING METHOD WAS VERY COMPLICATED.
BECAUSE I HAD CHOSEN MOTHER AND SON FOR THE FIRST CROSSING(BALDAXSCOTTISH ROSE),FOR THE NEXT ONE I CHOSE THE BITCH DIANA LOVU ZDAR AND A SEALYHAM TERRIER DOG.THE BURGANIER URQUELLE HAD IN THE MEANTIME DIED,THEREFORE I USED HIS SON JASANS AMOROUS ARTILLERYMAN,FROM THE BREEDING OF MY FRIEND MR.MANN FROM PRAQUE.THERE WERE TWO DOGS AND ONE BITCH IN THIS LITTER.THE NAMES FANTOM,FURIDANT AND FENKA WERE GIVEN TO THEM,OF COURSE WITH THE KENNEL NAME LOVU ZDAR.FANTOM WAS BRINDLE JUST LIKE HIS SISTER FENKA BUT THE DOG FURIDANT WAS BLACK WITH YELLOW MARKINGS(BLACK AND TAN) AND THEY ALL HAD WHITE MARKINGS ON THE CHEST AND LEGS.
FURIDANT WAS POWERFULLY BUILT AND HAD A LARGE COLLAR MAKING HIM UNSUITABLE FOR BREEDING.I CROSSED FANTOM WITH HIS SISTER FENKA.FROM THEIR LITTER,ONLY ONE BITCH SURVIVED(BLACK AND TAN WITH WHITE MARKINGS),WICH I NAMED HALALI LOVU ZDAR,AND WICH LATER PROVED TO BE THE PILLAR OF THE BREED.SEE ADITIONAL LIST CONCERNING BREED-DEVELOPMENT(ROZROD)

OUT OF THE CROSS BETWEEN FANTOM AND HALALI ONE BROWN COLOURED DOG WITH BROWN NOSE WAS BORN.UNFORTUNATELLY,HE WAS STERILE.THIS BROWN COAT COLOUR MUST HAVE BEEN INHERITED FROM THE SEALYHAM TERRIER,BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER KNOWN IN SCOTTISH TERRIER BREED.AFTERWARDS I CROSSED FANTOM WITH HIS MOTHER DIANA LOVU ZDAR,THEY PRODUCED A BROWN COLOURED BITCH IN THE LITTER.I NAMED THE DOG CHYTRY LOVU ZDAR.HE WAS BROWN WITH YELLOW MARKINGS(BROWN AND TAN).THE BITCH IRIS LOVU ZDAR COMPLETELY BROWN WITHOUT ANY MARKINGS.DUE TO LACK OF SPACE AND INGORANCE RELATING TO THE PROBLEMS AROUND BREEDING THE BROWN COLOURED SPICEMENS,I GAVE THE BITCH AWAY TO SOME FRIENDS,WHO LOST HER UNFORTUNATELLY.THESE DOGS REMAINED THE ONLY BROWN CESKY TERRIER RIGHT UP TO 1993.THE GENES FOR A BROWN PIGMENT MUST THEREFORE BE IN THE DOGS:FANTOM, HIS MOTHER DIANA AND HIS DAUGHTER  HALALI LOVU ZDAR.

IN 1959 I EXHIBITED FANTOM,CHYTRY AND JAVOR LOVU ZDAR IN THE INTERNATIONAL DOG SHOW IN LIBEREC(OUT OF COMPETION).THE VISITORS,PARTICULATY FOREIGNERS,WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS "PRODUCT".AFTER THIS DOG SHOW,A START WAS DONE IN THE ENTERING THESE TERRIERS TO THE CZECHOSLOVAKIEN REGISTER(NAMED CESKY TERRIER-CZECH TERRIER).IT WAS DONE WITH THE HELP OF CHAIRMAN OF THE CYNOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.MR.DIPL. ING. NAJMAN.
THE NUMBER 1 IN THIS REGISTERWENT TO THE BITCH CHRABRA LOVU ZDAR AND OTHER THIRTEEN CESKYS WAS ENTERED.
IN THE 1963 CESKY TERRIER WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY F.C.I. AS AN INDEPENDENT BREED.THE DEVOPMENT PROCEDURE WAS HEREBY FINISHED.
THERE WERE ESSENTIALLY TWO REASONS,WICH INDUCED ME TO IMPROVR THE BREED:
1) TO CREATE AN IDEAL COMPROMISE BETWEEN TWO BURROW BREEDS-SCOTTISH TERRIER AND SEALYHAM TERRIER.GETTING A FULLY PIGMENTED BREED (LIKE A SCOTTIE) WITHA PRACTICAL DROP EAR(LIKE A SEALYHAM),SMALL,MOBILE,WITH EASY HAIR STYLING BY CUTTING(SHAVING).
2)TO CHECK UP THE POSSIBILITY TO RISE A NEW CLEAR-CUT BREED FROM ONLY A VERY LITTLE INITIAL NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS(OF THE CESKY TERRIER ORIGIN PARTICIPATED ONLY TWO DOGS AND ONE BITCH)

THE DECIDING,IF MY ENDEAVOUR WAS SUCCESSFULLY,I LEAVE TO THE WIDE BREEDERSHIP.

-TOTO JE....CESKY TERRIER
BY ING.HANA PETRUSOVA