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  2. Strongheart - Wikipedia

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    Both books were reprinted many times and remain classics of the Spiritualist faith. Boone was a Washington Post correspondent who looked after Strongheart for an extended period while Murfin and Trimble were away on business. Boone and Strongheart reportedly formed a deep bond, and Boone believed the dog was a transformational being. [12]: 62–63

  3. German Shepherd - Wikipedia

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    At the time, all other herding dogs in Germany were referred to by this name; they thus became known as Altdeutsche Schäferhunde, or old German herding dogs. The direct translation of the name was adopted for use in the stud-book ; however, at the end of the First World War , it was believed that the inclusion of the word "German" would harm ...

  4. Old German herding dogs - Wikipedia

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    Horand was declared to be the first German Shepherd Dog. [4] However, many German herdsmen continued to breed their dogs for working ability rather than to the new breed standard, and their remaining non-standardised working dogs were called Altdeutscher Schäferhund (plural with -hunde), literally 'old-German shepherd-dog'. [5] [6] [7] [8]

  5. Horand von Grafrath - Wikipedia

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    Horand was the first dog to be officially registered as a new breed called the German Shepherd Dog (registration number SZ1). Horand was not the only dog to sire pups that were to become the breed known as German Shepherds, because many dogs were registered at that time, including his brother Luchs (SZ155), his parents (SZ153 and SZ156), and ...

  6. Blondi - Wikipedia

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    However, the dog managed to escape and return to him. Hitler, who adored the loyalty and obedience of the dog, thereafter developed a great liking for the breed. [19] He also owned a German Shepherd called "Muckl". [20] Before Blondi, Hitler had two German Shepherd dogs, a mother [born 1926] and daughter [born ca. 1930] – both named Blonda.

  7. Weimaraner - Wikipedia

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    From 1879 the dogs were considered to be a blue variant of the German Short-haired Pointer, and were eligible for registration in the stud-book of the Kurzhaar Klub. [5]: 545 They first appeared at a dog show in 1880, when fourteen examples were presented in Berlin. These were of three differing types, from three different kennels: the ...

  8. History of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe

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    The fortress Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, founded in 1274, the world's largest brick castle and the Teutonic Order's headquarters on the river Nogat.. The medieval German Ostsiedlung (literally Settling eastwards), also known as the German eastward expansion or East colonization refers to the expansion of German culture, language, states, and settlements to vast regions of Northeastern ...

  9. Great Dane - Wikipedia

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    The name simply meant "English dog". Since then, the English word "dog" has come to be associated with a molossoid dog in Germany [6] and France. [7] These dogs were bred in the courts of German nobility, independent of the English methods, since the start of the 17th century. [8] [9] The dogs were used for hunting bear, boar, and deer at ...