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German Shepherds
They are one of the smartest and most obedient breed of dogs. They were initially bred to herd sheep. Because of their intelligence they are also used in police and military forces around the world. Because of their loyalty, they are one of the best guard dogs for our homes.
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Can you breed a brother and sister German shepherd?
You physically can, but that is an extremely bad idea. If you do, that is called inbreeding. The chromosomes of the two animals would be too much alike, and can cause serious birth defects and possible death to the puppies. I saw a show where a brother and sister lion accidentally had cubs, and one of the two cubs died within three weeks.
Who do human impact on a German shepherd?
Yes.
you can train them as police dogs and once your old they wont cross the road until they look both ways and cross saftley or you can take them to a shelter for other people to use them and you are just a good trainer and that's how a German Shepard can help people.
How old do German sheperds live to?
If well looked after, German Shepherds can live for 11 to 13 years.
Generally, no.
Compared to human vision, a dog's sense of sight is fairly poor, and like most non-human mammals, dogs have red-green color blindness (dichromacy). However, most breeds exhibit excellent acuity for moving objects and for low-light conditions. Some, such as sighthounds, have a much wider field of vision than a human.
Addition:
Dogs can see spirits,ghosts,angels,demons and fairy's
What do German Shepherds puppies look like?
A KC standard German Shepherd's expectations:
General Appearance
A GSD should be slightly longer than in height and the male should ahave a strong look about him whearas the female a more feminine look. The GSD has a weather resistant coat and a slight slope to the back legs if he/she is froma show line.
Characteristics
Versatile working dog, balanced and free from exaggeration. Attentive, alert, resilient and tireless with keen scenting ability.
Temperament
Steady of nerve, loyal, self-assured, courageous and tractable. Never nervous, over-aggressive or shy.
Head and Skull
Proportionate in size to body, never coarse, too fine or long. Clean cut; fairly broad between ears. Forehead slightly domed; little or no trace of central furrow. Cheeks forming softly rounded curve, never protruding. Skull from ears to bridge of nose tapering gradually and evenly, blending without too pronounced stop into wedge-shaped powerful muzzle. Skull approximately 50 per cent of overall length of head. Width of skull corresponding approximately to length, in males slightly greater, in females slightly less. Muzzle strong, lips firm, clean and closing tightly. Top of muzzle straight, almost parallel to forehead. Short, blunt, weak, pointed, overlong muzzle undesirable.
Eyes
Medium-sized, almond-shaped, never protruding. Dark brown preferred, lighter shade permissible, provided expression good and general harmony of head not destroyed. Expression lively, intelligent and self-assured.
Ears
Medium-sized, firm in texture, broad at base, set high, carried erect, almost parallel, never pulled inwards or tipped, tapering to a point, open at front. Never hanging. Folding back during movement permissible.
Mouth
Jaws strongly developed. With a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, which means the upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set square to the jaws. Teeth healthy and strong. Full dentition desirable.
Neck
Fairly long, strong, with well developed muscles, free from throatiness. Carried at 45 degrees angle to horizontal, raised when excited, lowered at fast trot.
Forequarters
Shoulder blade and upper arms are equal in length, well muscled and firmly attached to the body. Shoulder blades set obliquely (approximately 45 degrees) laid flat to body. Upper arm strong, well muscled, joining shoulder blade at approximately 90 degrees. Seen from all sides, the forearms are straight and, seen from the front, absolutely parallel. Bone oval rather than round. The elbows must turn neither in nor out while standing or moving. Pasterns firm, supple, with a slight forward slope. An over long, weak pastern, which would affect a dog's working ability is to be heavily penalised. Length of foreleg slightly exceeds the depth of chest.
Body
Length measured from point of shoulder to point of buttock, slightly exceeding height at withers. Correct ratio 10 to 9 or 8 and a half. Undersized dogs, stunted growth, high-legged dogs, those too heavy or too light in build, over-loaded fronts, too short overall appearance, any feature detracting from reach or endurance of gait, undesirable. Chest deep (45-48 per cent) of height at shoulder, not too broad, brisket long, well developed. Ribs well formed and long; neither barrel-shaped nor too flat; allowing free movement of elbows when gaiting. Relatively short loin. Belly firm, only slightly drawn up. Back between withers and croup, straight, strongly developed, not too long. Overall length achieved by correct angle of well laid shoulders, correct length of croup and hindquarters. The topline runs without any visible break from the set on of the neck, over the well defined withers, falling away slightly in a straight line to the gently sloping croup. The back is firm, strong and well muscled. Loin broad, strong, well muscled. Weak, soft and roach backs undesirable and should be heavily penalised. Croup slightly sloping and without any break in the topline, merges imperceptibly with the set on of the tail. Short, steep or flat croups highly undesirable.
Hindquarters
Overall strong, broad and well muscled, enabling effortless forward propulsion. Upper and lower thigh are approximately of equal length. Hind angulation sufficient if imaginary line dropped from point of buttocks cuts through lower thigh just in front of hock, continuing down slightly in front of hindfeet. Angulations corresponding approximately with front angulation, without over-angulation. Seen from rear, the hind legs are straight and parallel to each other. The hocks are strong and firm. The rear pasterns are vertical. Any tendency towards over-angulation of hindquarters, weak hocks, cow hocks or sickle hooks, is to be heavily penalised as this reduces firmness and endurance in movement.
Feet
Rounded toes well closed and arched. Pads well cushioned and durable. Nails short, strong and dark in colour.
Tail
Bushy-haired, reaches at least to hock - ideal length reaching to middle of metatarsus. At rest tail hangs in slight sabre-like curve; when moving raised and curve increased, ideally never above level of back. Short, rolled, curled, generally carried badly or stumpy from birth, undesirable.
Gait/Movement
Sequence of step follows diagonal pattern, moving foreleg and opposite hindleg forward simultaneously; hindfoot thrust forward to midpoint of body and having equally long reach with forefeet without any noticeable change in backline. Absolute soundness of movement essential.
Coat
Outer coat consisting of straight, hard, close-lying hair as dense as possible; thick undercoat. Hair on head, ears, front of legs, paws and toes short; on back, longer and thicker; in some males forming slight ruff. Hair longer on back of legs as far down as pasterns and stifles and forming fairly thick trousers on hindquarters. No hard and fast rule for length of hair; mole-type coats undesirable.
Colour
Black or black saddle with tan, or gold to light grey markings. All black, all grey, with lighter or brown markings referred to as Sables. Nose black. Light markings on chest or very pale colour on inside of legs permissible but undesirable, as are whitish nails, red-tipped tails or wishy-washy faded colours defined as lacking in pigmentation. Blues, livers, albinos, whites (i.e. almost pure white dogs with black noses) and near whites highly undesirable. Undercoat, except in all black dogs, usually grey or fawn. Colour in itself is of secondary importance having no effect on character or fitness for work. Final colour of a young dog only ascertained when outer coat has developed.
Size
Ideal height (from withers and just touching elbows): dogs: 63 cms (25 ins); females: 58 cms (23 ins). 2.5 cms (1 in) either above or below ideal permissible.
What is the price range on a German short haired pointer?
For a GSP the price range would vary from $500 - $700 if you were American and roughly 400 - 600 pounds for the UK.
How much do average dogs weigh?
Umm well dogs can weigh from 5 pounds to 130 pounds. If you wanna find the answer you'll have to work with over 100 numbers. There IS an average but who knows ALL dogs weight? I mean what kind of question is this?
How do German shepherd breathe?
the terrestrial animals, or amphibious animals, breathe by lungs.they intake oxygen from air through nose and the respiration took place in lungs like us humans ;-)
What is phylum is the German sheperd?
the kingdom is animal, phylum is chordata,class is mammal,order is carnivore,family is canidae,genus is canis, and species is familiaris. thats all i know. hope you got your anwser(s). Thx and good luck.
What to feed a 8 week German shepherd?
A 2 week old German Shepherd puppy should be eating mother's milk. DO NOT REMOVE A DOG THIS AGE FROM THE MOTHER. If the mother is unavailable, consult with a vet immediately.
How long does it take for a German shepherd to birth puppies once she starts having them?
A few hours. Births should not be more than two hours apart. When you think she's done (it's been more than two hours), take her to the vet for a quick check and x-ray to make sure there are no more puppies inside. If there are, the vet will either need to induce or perform a cesarian. Having her x-rayed before hand, so you know how many pups are there before birth, will make it easier to know when she is done delivering.
How long does German shepherds keeps its babies?
A mother GSD will keep her puppies until the owner takes them away. If no one does, it will take longer, but after a few months or so, eventually the puppies will learn to function without their mother - and a time would come when the mother wouldn't want them around, lol
What is good about a German Shepherd?
German Shepherds are
* intelligent,
* biddable (they like to work cooperatively with people),
* easily trained,
* loyal,
* agile They also have:
* good stamina,
* good work ethics, * physical strength.
Which is stronger between a German shephard and a labrador?
If labs could beat German Shepherds then the military and police would be using them instead. Can you imagine a 60 lb yellow lab running down a vicious criminal on the run or intimidating Al Quaida prisoners? Give me a break. A German Shepherd would tear a lab to pieces. Their jaws are twice the size with a far greater bite force and longer grip. Their bone structure is way heavier along with their general weight.
Hmm, a lab is strong, but gs's are fast and sharp, it'd be pretty even I think
It's illegal, I'm only answering this because someone has to answer it.
Why are people scared of German Shepherds?
A mentally sound German Shepherd shouldn't be. But that's why we shouldn't encourage puppy mills and back yard breeders who aren't careful about socialization and the genetic components of temperament.
There are different types of aggression in dogs and not all German Shepherds are aggressive. The German Shepherd is a herding type dog and extremely intelligent; however, they are a breed that tends to have a high guarding drive. There are many reasons why a dog could become aggressive. It could be health, social, or incident driven and it is usually best to find a professional who works with the breed and is qualified to assess and re-train such a dog.
They are FAR from aggressive, protective yes but never aggressive unless threatened or abused to be that way.
Further more German Shepherds are police dogs and from such working lines are supposed to take down a criminal, they may look aggressive in doing this but are only gripping a certain part to restrain, a dog is only aggressive and this is any breed in fact if the owner can not control it and doesn't make it clear that they are alpha.
What is the normal temperature for a German Shepard?
Their regular temperature is 103 degrees Fahrenheit, dogs' temperature is higher than humans. You can feel if your dog has a fever putting your fist in their ears...especially GSD, those ears are wonderful for this.
Do German shepherds show love?
In my experience, German shepherds have varying degrees of being affectionate.
To their owners/family they can be very affectionate, caring, and gentle. To strangers or not close acquaintances, they can be standoffish and aloof. It depends greatly on that particular shepherds personality and the socialization they receive as they grow up.
How much does a German shepherd collie mix weight?
The dog we weight between 65 - 85 lbs. If it's a border collie you are looking at 45 - 60 lbs.
What is the prettiest dog breed alive?
There aren't any kinds of dogs that are necessarily a "nice" breed. it all depends on the dogs behavior and their past. but if i had to say, i would say the golden retriever only if you like big dogs.
Do German shepherds love to run?
Definitely, they love daily exercise and activities! In fact, if they don't get enough exercise, they can become destructive. That said, they're pretty intelligent dogs, so you can train they to play Frisbee, fetch and perform other fun activities.
What kinds of food should German Shepherds not eat?
It all depends on the dog, mine eats squash but most don't. Just make sure not to feed them raisins, grapes, chocolate, onions, or garlic, its bad for them.
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What is the difference between a Belgian Tervuren and a Dutch Shepherd Dog?
Belgium's have a thinner physic and smaller paws, also German shepherds hips are slightly dipped in comparison with the Belgium, the German's are prone to hip problems, and Belgium's are prone to getting muscle wasting diseases. I hope this is helpful x
Which dog has a more powerful bite a German Shepherd or a Rottweiler?
Mostly depending on the dog but overall, the German Shepherd.
They have been proven to have a stronger bite pressure and they are more athletic and strong than a rottweiler which is also very strong.
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This is true, and trust me, I've owned German shepherds all my life and they are extrfemely powerful, but Rotties (I have never owned but know alot about) are extremely powerful dogs too. So it varys... but yes, GSDS are more agile.
i think German shepherd is batter than ROTTweiler.
