German Shepherds
German Shepherds are a working breed standardised by Max von Stephanitz in the 1890s for sheep herding and adapted later for police, military and service work. Articles look at the difference between American show lines and German working lines, the breed’s high drive that makes it unsuited to bored owners, the typical hip and elbow problems that buyers should screen for through SV-style ratings, the recurrent debate over the sloped show-ring back, and the long use of the breed in Schutzhund (now IGP) sport. There are also notes on the white German Shepherd line and on the King Shepherd offshoot.
The sable colour in German Shepherds is the oldest
A German Shepherd working as a personal protection
German Shepherds live on average 9 to 13 years and
US Navy SEALs deploy Belgian Malinois on most high-altitude
A newborn German Shepherd weighs around 500 grams and
Three recognised wolfdog breeds carry German Shepherd
The long-coat German Shepherd was excluded from the
The white German Shepherd faced a brief extinction
Horand von Grafrath, registered on 22 April 1899 as
Most German Shepherds reach adult size by 12 months
The German Shepherd Labrador cross, sometimes marketed
Around 90 percent of police K9 units in the United
Black German Shepherd puppies come from a recessive