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The Characteristics Of German Shepherds

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German Shepherds are known to protect and serve. They can be very good family dogs with their good personalities and good protection, but they come with a lot of health issues. German Shepard’s get their name because of coming from Germany they were founded by a man named Mav von Stephanitz which was a former cavalry. He loved to attend dog shows one day a dog caught his eye, a dog that had all the traits he was looking for in a dog. The dog’s name was Hektor Linksrhein after the purchase of the dog he changed the dog’s name to Horand von Grafrath. After renaming his dog he then proceeded to get the dog registered which then made him the first person to own a German Shephard dog and the first one to have one registered. German shepherds are medium to large size dogs. Males are around 24-26 inches. Females at about 22-24 inches. Males ranging from 66-88 pounds, and females weigh from 49-79 pounds. German Shepherds live to be about 9-13 years. German Shepherds comes in a lot of different colors but the most common colors you would see are tan with a black saddle and a black mast on, black and red, bicolored, blue, white, and all black. Even though German shepherds are known for their police work German Shepherds are also known as family dogs because of there kind nature. And very well around kids German Shepherds have a high energy levels which means they can keep up with the kids and not get tired. Even though they are very loving and loyal dogs to the people they know

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