Learn about the German Shepherd
Brains, bravery, and boundless loyalty
The German Shepherd Dog was created from the local sheepdogs of Germany, especially those from Thuringia and Wurttemberg. It became a proper breed for herding, police and service work. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.
Likely life span
Learn more about the dogs that went into making the German Shepherd
c. 600 BCOld Mastiffs of the East
c. 100Roman drover dogs
c. 400Continental Germanic herding dogs
1890German Shepherd