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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. 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 ...
For the first time, the French Bulldog rose above the German Shepherd and Golden Retriever to land in the number 2 spot. The Pembroke Welsh Corgi made number 11. The Belgian Malinois rose in popularity from number 60 to number 37. The lowest ranked breed of the year was the Norwegian Lundehund.
Tamaskan dogs are a breed of dog from Finland that have been selectively bred to resemble a wolf or wolfdog. [citation needed] Although their exact origins are uncertain, these mixbreed dogs were primarily arctic breed crosses of Alaskan Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Canadian Eskimo Dog, German Shepherd, Labrador Husky, and Siberian Husky. [1]
Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz (30 December 1864 – 22 April 1936) was a German cavalry officer and dog breeder.He is credited with having developed the German Shepherd Dog breed as it is currently known, set guidelines for the breed standard, and was the first president of the Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde (S.V.).
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The Bavarian Mountain Hound (German: Bayerischer Gebirgsschweißhund) is a breed of dog from Germany. As a scent hound , it has been used in Germany since the early 20th century to trail wounded game.
In 2018, a genetic study found that just prior to 1859 a broadly distributed European herding dog had given rise to the German Shepherd Dog, the French Berger Picard, and the five Italian herding breeds: the Bergamasco Shepherd, Cane Paratore, Lupino del Gigante, Pastore d'Oropa, and the Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai.
König then started a careful breeding program using these dogs and crossed them with Kuvasz specimens, Newfoundlands, German Shepherd Dogs, Leonbergers, a Bernese Mountain Dog and an African hunting dog. After much work, the group was rewarded in 1922 when the first Hovawart litter was entered into the German Breeding Registry.