Branding in Germany... what year did they stop?

[back in the saddle]

What year did they stop branding in Germany? Or are they still branding? Hanoverian specifically.

[honeychile]

They have not stopped branding as far as I know. The Dutch stopped branding their horses, maybe you are thinking of them?

[back in the saddle]

Could be.. something stopped. My old guy had a brand on his neck by the poll. Is that still being done?

[Catomine]

I wonder why they stopped? I love the breed brands.

[back in the saddle]

I wonder why they stopped? I love the breed brands.

someone said they didn't stop branding. Maybe they stopped putting the number brand by the ears. ???

[alexandra]

Hanoverians never stopped branding and are still branding !

At one time the 3 number brand on the neck was changed to a 2 digit number underneath the H on the leg. I think it was around 95, but dot not nail me down with that exact year.

The number on the neck was not done a long time. Before that no number under the H and no number on the neck.
At some time when a mare became Main mare book she got an additional H brand on the neck. Very old mares still have it, but I think you will very seldomly find a mare with that.

[Plantagenet]

Alexandra:

I think you are right about the German Hanoverian branding on the neck stopping in 1995. That's what I remember too.

[Kareen]

Yes the neck brands were stopped. As of July 1 2009 all animals who haven't got a passport yet need to be microchipped as well but as far as I know the microchipping will be an addition to not a replacement of the branding

[alexandra]

yes that was discussed yesterday at the assembly I attended. Chipping is required, but the brand is not gone.

But I also understood that there are discussion about that in the EU and that the German registries are trying to be able to stick to branding.

[back in the saddle]

Thanks for the info!