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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 ...
Born October 1, 1917, Etzel von Oeringen was a male German Shepherd dog bred by a private breeder, Robert Niedhardt of Quedlinburg, Germany. [1] Etzel was trained in Berlin as a police dog and served in the German Red Cross during World War I. [2] His owner was left in poverty after the war, and was unable to even support the dog.
By the beginning of World War I, Germany had around 6,000 trained dogs, many of which were ambulance dogs. The German army called them ' Sanitätshunde ', [10] or 'medical dogs'. [2] [13] [14] The nation is estimated to have used a total of 30,000 dogs during the war, mainly as messengers and ambulance dogs. Of those, 7,000 were killed. [15]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. German breed of shepherd dog Dog breed German Shepherd Adult male Other names German Shepherd Dog Alsatian Alsatian Wolf Dog Deutscher Schäferhund Altdeutsche Schäferhunde Origin Germany Traits Height Males 60–65 cm (24–26 in) Females 55–60 cm (22–24 in) Weight Males 30–40 kg ...
In the 19th century, there existed more of these landraces. Some of them became part of the modern German Shepherd Dog breed, while others became extinct in the course of time. The German: pommerscher Hütehund ('Pomeranian sheep-dog') and the German: Hütespitz ('herding spitz') were also counted among Old German herding dogs. They became ...
Otto von Bismarck with Tyras II and Rebecca in 1891 1895 advertisement by dog breeder featuring Tyras II, the Reichshund given to Bismarck by Emperor Wilhelm II. Reichshund ("dog of the Empire") [1] [2] [3] was an informal term used in Germany for Reichskanzler Otto von Bismarck's dogs and more generally for similar dogs, particularly Great Danes.
Lion made 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) at the beginning of the 300 nmi (350 mi; 560 km) return voyage, escorted by Indomitable. Beatty contemplated leaving a flotilla of destroyers to guard Lion and sending the rest to the German Bight, to make a night attack on the German ships, but the damage to Lion caused more problems. As she crept home, the ...
The women and children were to be driven into the swamps and drowned. Thus Fegelein's units were among the first in the Holocaust to wipe out entire Jewish communities. [11] As the water in the swamps was too shallow and some areas had no swamps, it proved impractical to drown the women and children, so in the end they were shot as well. [12]