Southern Belle Shilohs

When is a Shiloh not a Shiloh? When it comes from a breeder that is not recognized, licensed, or approved by the ISSR, the SSDCA and most importantly- the breed founder, Tina Barber. These breeders are often referred to as “slivers”, “splinters” or breeders from “the dark side” to identify them separately from ISSR breeders. These breeders are considered “slivers” because they are NOT producing dogs using the same high standards and strict, selective breeding program as the ISSR and therefore, their dogs often do not meet requirements based on the Official breed standard.

Below is a list of some of the known Shiloh “slivers”. Again, please be warned that dogs produced by any “sliver” breeder is NOT a real Shiloh Shepherd nor will it be recognized or accepted by the ISSR. Some of these dogs are known to exhibit health and temperament problems, some of which are severe. This includes but is not limited to Aggression and CHD. Many of these dogs also have what the ISSR would consider flaws that are not acceptable in show/breeding quality dogs based on the Official breed standard.

Dog Clubs:

*ISSDC: International Shiloh Shepherd Dog Club (Originally opened in 1997, Closed in 2001, Reopened by new group in 2004.)
*SSBA: Shiloh Shepherd Breed Association (Opened shortly after ISSDCr and assumed registry funcions for them.)

Registry Organizations:

*ISSDCr: ISSDC Registry (Opened in 1998, Closed in 2001.)
*NSBR: National Shiloh Breed Registry (Opened in 2001)
*TSSR: The Shiloh Shepherd Registry (Opened in 2002)
*SSBAR: Shiloh Shepherd Breed Association Registry (Opened in 2005??)

About Sliver Registries:

~NSBR~
The NSBR is a “private” “registry” that was started by one breeder in order to provide papers for her GSD mixes! This “registry” claims to also represent other dissident “breeders” that have dogs of the “Shepherd Family” that they want to obtain “official” looking papers for. <> Please take the time to review an example of what the NSBR considers to be acceptable documentation.

Such “breeders” can take any dog and “name it” anything they want to, without having to provide any proof of heritage or even ownership and then breed this dog to any real or imaged stud and register the pups as pure “Shiloh Shepherds”. Take a moment to view just 3 true cases that can prove this point!

~ESSR~
This “registry” is now being proclaimed by a woman who lives in Switzerland, but has “partnered” with the NSBR! She met her first Shiloh Shepherd in 2000 when she saw a young Beauty pup that was shipped to Antionette in the Netherlands! Since the mixed breed pups she was selling were having so many health issues, she jumped on the idea of breeding Shiloh’s and making lots of money doing so!! Her full involvement with our breed can be documented via the WHO IS GABY page.

Although the ISSR tried to help her to do right by this wonderful breed, she refused to follow the rules, and chose to “do her own thing” and jumped in with the NSBR in order to “paper” what she was breeding … please take a moment to look at this fully documented report!!

~TSSR~
Upon the failure of the ISSDCr, P.S. desperately tried to return to the ISSR even though the amnesty had already been closed. She then started the TSSR around 2002. She did all she could to promote her “new” registry as “raising the bar” with even stricter rules and requirements than the ISSR had! Unfortunately, many people were fooled by this hype–until the truth was exposed: the rules applied to all “outsiders” while “her” personal stock was just “grandfathered” in without having to undergo any of the rigid testing! This resulted in complete chaos from within her own constituency and she was voted out as the registrar in 2004. Since then the site is being revamped under new management; but most of the breeders that had left the TSSR have not bothered to return! Only a small group of diehards remain because nobody else wants them.

~SSBA~
The SSBA was formed in a weak attempt at resurrecting the original defunct ISSDCr. At first it was promoted heavily but no one was interested in working with the same people that had failed so massively in their previous attempt to “organize” some semblance of respectability within their group. At that point a “registrar” was appointed, but that was short lived due to the fact that the “new” registrar was offered a chance to take over P.S.’s former (TSSR) registry. So another “registrar” was selected but it seems that not only the website but everything else has continued to be “under construction” for quite some time now!

**THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS COPIED DIRECTLY FROM THE OFFICIAL SHILOH SHEPHERD WEBSITE WITH PERMISSION.**

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