Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde

German Shepherd Association
Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde
AbbreviationSV
FormationApril 22, 1899 (1899-04-22)
FoundersMax von Stephanitz, Arthur Meyer
HeadquartersAugsburg
Region served
Germany
Official language
German
Vorsitzender (President)
Mr Wolfgang Henke
AffiliationsFCI, VDH, WUSV
WebsiteThe Association for the German Shepherd Dog breed

The Verein für deutsche Schäferhunde (SV), in English, German Shepherd Association, is a breed club founded in Germany in 1899 by Max von Stephanitz and his colleague, Arthur Meyer, which set forward the standards of the German Shepherd dog breed.