General Listing Information
| Breed: | Dog > German Shepherd |
| Breeder: | Christy Anderson |
| Location: | Chicago, IL |
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, Sep 16,2009 |
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Detailed Listing Information
Looking for the shepherd of your dreams??? Not every shepherd is created equal. In every breed, the pedigree is the key to knowing the potential of a puppy. We select our breeding stock from generations of top ranked V and VA titled dogs that have proven themselves and have produced similar characteristics in their offspring. These characteristics include not only the physical structure of the dog, which is very important, but also its temperament. We expect our dogs to demonstrate willingness to work, good health and structure, intelligence, utility, endurance, courage, and mental stability. We also expect them to meet the standards developed by the SV http//www.schaeferhunde.de/. In other words we expect our dogs to excel as working dogs and look good at the same time Call us for information on an outstanding upcoming breeding. Puppies due June 30th. Weekly updates, pictures, and videos provided to buyers on our wait list Call us at 773 458 3719
The German Shepherd Dog is a large, strong, handsome-looking dog, looking a lot like a wolf. The fur is a double-coat and can be either short or long haired. It varies in color, coming in many different shades, mostly cream (tan) and brown, but also solid black or white. Dogs with coats that have tricolored hair (black and white with either brown or red) are called sable or agouti. Different kennel clubs have different standards for the breed according to size, weight, coat color, and structure.
Some groups or breeders have focused on variants or mutations of the breed that are not recognized by most kennel clubs as acceptable show GSDs but that might eventually become breeds on their own.
A white (or very light), but not albino, version of the German Shepherd has also always occurred, but was designated a disqualifying fault in the AKC in the late 1960s. The white coat is considered a fault by International (FCI) Fédération Cynologique Internationale breed standards in most parts of the world.
The white coat, however, does not prevent the white-coated German Shepherd Dog from being registered in the AKC as a German Shepherd Dog. White Shepherds hold champion titles in the UKC (United Kennel Club). Now, some breeders selectively breed White Shepherds for their beautiful snowy white coats and physical stature, striving for a Shepherd that closely resembles the original dog; less angular than today's German Shepherd breed. See the WGSDCA or American White Shepherd Association for more detail. However, the white German Shepherd has been recognised by some organisations under the name Berger Blanc Suisse (or White Shepherd Dog).
The so-called "long-haired German Shepherd" is considered a "fault" in the German Shepherd Dog breed according to American Kennel Club standards as well as the International (FCI) breed standard. The long hair gene is recessive. Dogs with this coat look somewhat like the Tervueren type of Belgian Shepherd Dog. An example with pictures can be found here. Popular myth holds that long-haired GSDs ("fuzzies") are more affectionate, but there is little evidence for this. Long coats usually have no or little undercoat, thus they can be rather sensitive to extreme weather.
Giant shepherd
Some organizations recognize a deliberately bred, larger variation of the breed as the Shiloh Shepherd Dog or King Shepherd.
