The Moscow diver is a factory breed of service dogs that was bred on the basis of Newfoundland in the USSR in the 1940-1980s. The total number of dogs was small; clear exterior standards could not be fixed. The breed was not recognized by international cynological organizations.
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| Time | 1950s | ||||
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Breed History
The attempt to breed was caused by a sharp reduction in the number of service dogs in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War . To provide the armed forces with guard dogs , it was decided to recreate the livestock and to breed new specialized service breeds capable of working in cold climates. Corresponding work was begun in the late 1940s in the pedigree kennel of the Central School of Military Dog Breeding “ Red Star ” based on the scarce domestic breeding material and several dogs exported from Germany after the war . The goal was to get dogs tall, physically strong, vicious, with a good coat .
As a result, along with other new breeds ( Moscow Watchdog , Black Terrier , Great Dane), dogs were bred, called Moscow divers [1] [2] .
For breeding, Newfoundland males and German shepherds were originally bred. Then, as a result of the rushing of blood of the Caucasian shepherd dogs , a rougher and more powerful type was obtained, which was preferred [3] .
For the first time, dogs of breeding groups bred in the kennel of the Central School were shown to the general public in Moscow in 1955 at the 19th Moscow City Exhibition of Dogs of Service Breeds [1] . However, the practical use of Moscow divers proved to be inappropriate.
The attempt to use the dog for rescue in the waters failed, because the dogs attacked people instead of helping them [4] . In the guard service, the Moscow diver was inferior to the black terrier, which was bred with the participation of manufacturers-divers [5] [6] .
The Moscow diver did not pass certification for the breed group [7] . Work on breeding Moscow divers was stopped, dogs were used in breeding within the Moscow City Society of Dog Breeding (MGOLS) as Newfoundlands [7] and gradually disappeared into the stock of imported Newfoundlands, which are often traditionally called divers. There is an assumption that in the film “ Friend ” in 1987 it was the Moscow diver who was shot [8] .
Appearance
The Moscow diver was a strong, hardy dog, in appearance similar to Newfoundland, but with a simpler and heavier head and coarser hair [9] .
The dog had a somewhat stretched format, a rough constitution with a powerful skeleton and well-developed muscles . Head with a wide massive skull , short blunt face, hanging triangular ears. The coat is long, straight or slightly wavy, black or black with a reddish tint, small white spots on the chest and paws were allowed. It was required that the growth of the males was not lower than 66 cm, the bitches - not lower than 63 cm [9] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Neshin A. Service dog kennel "Red Star" (Unavailable link) . Guard the homeland. Date of treatment January 21, 2014. Archived July 14, 2014.
- ↑ Smelov S. Interesting facts about the "Red Star" . Service dog breeding (November 10, 2012). Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Kuropatkina M., Nekrasova I. Caucasian Shepherd. - M .: Veche, 2006 .-- S. 14. - 230 p. - ISBN 5-9533-1219-9 .
- ↑ Cunliffe J. The official launch of the Russian Black Terrier in the UK . OurDogs (May 15, 2001). - Report on the recognition of the breed Russian Black Terrier in the UK. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Gerasimova M., Zlobina T. Russian Black Terrier. Comments on the standard . National club of breed Russian Black Terrier. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Andrianova N., Dubrovskaya V., Ivanova T. et al. Domestic breeds of service dogs / Kalinin V.A .. - St. Petersburg. : MP "Publisher", 1992. - S. 119-124. - 288 p. - ISBN 5-86466-015-9 .
- ↑ 1 2 Blokhin G. et al. History and current state of dog breeding // Kinology. - M .: Scriptorium 2000, 2001 .-- 432 p. - ISBN 5-94448-003-3 .
- ↑ Maskvos naras (lit.) . Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Melnikov I. Moscow diver // Dogs of pure blood. - electronic. - 400 p.