any one heard of the picardy shephards my old mate said he worked one in france any info would be nice

[midnight walker 8]

i was wondering if any one on here uses this kind of dog or had any pics

[Moorman 1 1,452]

Enter Picardy in the search bar at bottom of lurcher section and you will find a few posts.Hope this helps.

[Geoff.C 0]

Picardy, was the kennel name chosen by a chap named Baldwin. This was a famous kennel for producing German Shepherd Dogs, and started out about 1920. They continued through the 1940's and I have seen them mentioned in the very early 1960's, but think they stopped about then.

My "career" with the GSD started about 1971 to the mid 1980's, I have not shown one since then. I am fairly certain that the only Picardy dogs I have seen, were book pictures. They were typically, the old English "type" of dog, very tall, long legged and lacking depth of body compared to a modern dog. The Picardy dogs are mentioned a lot in the Malcolm Willis book "The German shepherd dog, it's history and genetics". Borrow a copy if you can.

That's about all I can tell you, off the top of my head. Several Picardy pictures too hand, but the scanner is kaput!!

[dawnraider 2]

just googled the picardy shepherd and it is in fact a french breed of herding dog,looks nothing like a german shepherd,have a look on google images.

[juckler123 707]

Theres a couple in our village and they seem quite laid back probably as they are not from working stock id love to see a first cross to a greyhound not as hyper as the borders and beardies and as they are much larger and better built id have thought there would be little or no litter wastage.

last week i thought i saw a woman with another one without the pricked ears and boy could it work i asked her about it and it turned out to be a russian terrier and was of simmilar build and looks but had a lot more about it full of energy and very responsive to commands not a breed id ever seen before.

[midnight walker 8]

thanks for the replys the one he worked was a first cross picardy greyhound he said it was out standing allrounder no pics of it though

[skycat 6,174]

1st cross Picardy/Greyhound. Dam to our pup. About 25" she is, the dam that is. Belongs to Mark Treadwell who bred her from imported pure Picardy dog. Not many in this country.

[midnight walker 8]

1st cross Picardy/Greyhound. Dam to our pup. About 25" she is, the dam that is. Belongs to Mark Treadwell who bred her from imported pure Picardy dog. Not many in this country.

lovely looking dog

[fielder 18]

Nice looking dog, how does it perform?

[Simoman 110]

Been a few articles on them in EDRD over the last couple of years

[smarty 0]

me and my friend travelled to tamworth i think it was 2 get one of mark treadwells dogs if i remember rightly 5/8 grey 2/8 beardie and 1/8 picardy last of the litter it was around christmas time just after . nice strong dog . good brainns aswell ill try get some pics 2 show everyone if i can

[Neal 1,888]

I'm not 100% certain but I think that the Russian terrier that somebody mentioned above is a breed created to work with the police etc and that one of the breeds used to create it is our very own one and only Airedale.

[picardy 1]

me and my friend travelled to tamworth i think it was 2 get one of mark treadwells dogs if i remember rightly 5/8 grey 2/8 beardie and 1/8 picardy last of the litter it was around christmas time just after . nice strong dog . good brainns aswell ill try get some pics 2 show everyone if i can

ive got a pup out of marks litter tunrning out to be a fine bitch a bit stong headed but 110% determined coming on nicely

[adeyhawk1970 0]

I'm not 100% certain but I think that the Russian terrier that somebody mentioned above is a breed created to work with the police etc and that one of the breeds used to create it is our very own one and only Airedale.

Russian terriers were created by the Russian army to be watchdogs.I think its a mix between giant schnauzer/rottweiller/newfoundland and airedale.Saw some at crufts this year 30 inchs at the shoulder and weighing about 140lb.Might be a bit big for crossing with a greyhound