German Shepherds

Most do not have blue eyes and the ones with blue eyes are usually blind.

If it is a guard dog it guards property, that is useful.

No they wernt

Controlled, selective breeding.

Coprophagia (sometimes called coprophagy) is a pretty disgusting habit that fortunately only some German Shepherds indulge in. It seems to be "one of those things" as far as German Shepherds go: a behavior that defies logic and scientific study, and mystifies German Shepherd trainers and veterinarians around the world. Many, if not most, German Shepherds will eat the feces of other animals (particularly other dogs, cats, sheep, and horses) with gusto whenever the opportunity presents itself. It's a very common behavior in German Shepherds, but not particularly well understood.

The simple truth is that nobody really knows why some German Shepherds will make a beeline for a pile of excretion that's lying on the grass. It's natural for German Shepherds wanting to sniff the feces - almost all German Shepherds will do this, since the depositor's anal glands have left a kind of Post-It note there for other German Shepherds to "read" and it's just as natural (seemingly) for some German Shepherds to want to consume these little signposts. It's just that we don't really know why they do it.

Actually eating the feces seems to be a matter of personal preference, from German Shepherd to German Shepherd: some German Shepherds derive great satisfaction from consuming it, whereas other German Shepherds appear to be simply more fastidious by nature.

There are several popular theories about the causes of this strange habit: - A German Shepherd that eats feces is doing so in order to supplement his own, nutritionally-deficient diet. He is not getting enough vitamins from the food he's given in his own home, so he chooses to eat the poop of other animals (usually dogs and cats) in the hope that there may be some residual nutrition available for him to sponge up the second time around. This is a faintly plausible theory, apart from the fact that studies have been conducted on German Shepherds suffering from malnutrition and well-nourished German Shepherds with a clean bill of health: and the incidence of cophrophagia among both groups was virtually identical.

The behavior may be derived from the carnivorous/scavenging heritage of our German Shepherds. When carnivores make a kill, they typically consume the entire carcass of the animal -- everything from the actual flesh to sinews and tendons to "offal", which includes the stomach, digestive tract, and its contents. It's been suggested by some that coprophagia is a simple and natural extension of this instinctive behavior. It may be related to boredom or stress. The particulars of this theory are hazy, but essentially, bored or stressed German Shepherds -- such as those that spend too much time on their own, those that lead unstimulated, under-exercised lives, and those that are excluded from family life and adequate human attention and affection often succumb to strange and compulsive habits, like pulling out their own fur, spinning in circles for hours on end, and (theoretically, at least) poop eating. In other words, a German Shepherd will eat feces simply because there's nothing else for him to do. Internal parasites, such as worms, may be leaching nutrients and calories from the German Shepherd's stomach and digestive tract. Typically, a German Shepherd with worms will have a voracious appetite (even more so than usual!) and will consume all the food that he has access to.

In more advanced cases, an infested German Shepherd will turn to technically edible substances ,which he would not normally consider appetizing, to fill the gap. Improperly house-trained German Shepherds sometimes eat their own in an attempt to conceal the "crime" from their owners and thus avoid detection. This is especially true of German Shepherds whose owners tend to punish them for house-training mistakes, whether out of impatience/frustration or because they believe that the German Shepherd is somehow doing it to "spite" them.

A German Shepherd that's pooping inappropriately indoors either has not been house-trained correctly, in which case the accidents are not his fault; or the reason is medical in nature. To rule the latter out, the German Shepherd should be taken for a checkup at the vet (particularly if the indoor defecation has started suddenly and without warning).

Nursing female German Shepherds eat the excreta of their puppies as a means of keeping the den area clean, and of hiding the existence of her pups from potential predators. It's thought by some that one of the reasons that coprophagia is so commonplace in puppies, especially because they're emulating the behavior of their mother. Clearly, theories abound on the subject. Unfortunately, most of them lack merit: the simple truth is that, although we can guess as much as we like as to the reasons that our German Shepherds willingly and enthusiastically ingest it pretty much whenever the opportunity presents itself, nobody knows with any degree of certainty as to why they do it.

Although it's nearly impossible to "cure" a German Shepherd with a taste for fecal products of this socially unacceptable habit, here is a short list of tips for coping with the behavior and minimizing it as much as possible:

1. Clean up the feces in your own backyard as soon as the German Shepherd toilets. If he doesn't have access to it, he can't eat it and it'll save you from dealing with the flies, the odor, and the eventuality of someone treading in it.

2. Teach your German Shepherd the "leave it" command for those times when you want to be able to walk him off-lead. Reliable obedience in the "leave it" makes off-lead walks a real pleasure (and it's a lot safer for your German Shepherd too. The usefulness of "leave it" applies to things like herbicide, snail bait, and broken glass as well as excretion!).

3. You can try booby-trapping the poop in the backyard with things like Tabasco sauce and lemon juice, but this seems like a great deal of (rather disgusting) trouble to go to when you could just pick the it up.

In addition to the natural deterrent of having to repeatedly handle specimens of German Shepherd turds, reports of success from this technique are pretty erratic in most cases, it seems that a German Shepherd bent on coprophagy isn't going to be put off by a brief burning sensation in his mouth.

4. There are substances you can buy from pet stores and vet clinics which, when put into the German Shepherd's food (or the food of the household pet whose feces he's eating) makes the poop smell and taste very unappealing to German Shepherds. One such product is called "For-Bid". You can experiment with adding natural deterrents such as a few tablespoonfuls of canned pumpkin or pineapple, or fresh grated zucchini -- to your German Shepherd's meals. Again, anecdotal evidence suggests that most German Shepherds will readily eat these substances, but that their presence in feces makes it unpalatable.

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As a whole there is no definite answer, but I suspect considering the current trends and where the past trends have lead us, there is going to be a lot more division of the breed.

In the past, there was one type of GSD and no other variations. They came in a few colors (Black/Tan, Sable, Brindle though that was bred out, Black, and White), and type was relatively unified (when I refer to type I mean the breed's general appearance). They actually resembled the Malenois when they were first developed. Not until the 1930's did the first split in the GSD occur. That was the eradication (or attempted eradication) of the white dogs because of confusion regarding the color. White was considered the same as albino, and was wrongly credited for diluting color.

The next few splits happened during the war, Czech Rep. and Russia tried their hand at breeding the GSD, and the Czech line of GSD's was created. There was at one point a very large and well known kennel in the Czech Rep. who bred police dogs, and today they are considered the GSD type with the most drive and best equipped naturally for police work. They are generally smaller and come in either bicolor or sable though other colors are sometimes seen.

The next split came with the Berlin split after the war. The GSD's on the western (capitalist) side of Germany werent needed for police work as often, and so there rose up a difference between the show dogs of west germany, and the working dogs of west germany (working in the sense that they were still bred to and competed in protection sports such as schutzhund). To this day there is little difference between West German working and West German show, though working dogs tend to be bred with other types to improve performance.

On the other side of the Berlin wall, the side occupied by Russia, Berlin became a police state, and the Eastern GSD's (also called DDR) were the dog of choice for police work. They had the hardest drive of any GSD type, but today there are no pure versions of this variety and they are almost all mixed with some other type.

When the GSD was accepted in America around the 1960's and the standard was brought over from Germany, we adopted the prejudice of white dogs as well. White up until this point was not seldom seen, but in America and some other countries, breeders began picking up and breeding white dogs. The trend has continued, but because there werent many outlets for the breed to compete many white GSD's have lost the drive they once had. Because the colored GSD people simply will not accept the color into the standard, there have been efforts to make the WGSD a separate breed entirely. Already in a few countries in Europe the WGSD is considered a separate breed (The Berger Blanc or the American White Shepherd, or the White Swiss Shepherd), and considering the trend it will probably continue to evolve in that direction.

The colored varieties have seen huge splits in the Americas for many many reasons, but I'll try and be brief as possible. There are basically 2 lines in America: AKC Show, and American Pet.

AKC show dogs you will mostly see in the ring, and like their white counter parts they have also lost much of the old drive, resulting in mostly weak willed dogs that lack much of the soundness and quality of their older cousins. Because these dogs are primarily bred for extreme angulation and the 'flying trot' there is no need to work these dogs, and you essentially end up with unruly GSD's that only have the skill of walking in circles and being pretty.

The American Pets are a huge gammit of dogs mixed between AKC show and other various types. Because of the largely unplanned and unethical breeding practices of many people in the US, recessive genes started to crop up such as the Liver dilution and the Blue dilution. So far they have not yet filed for being separate breeds but with the addition of the Panda GSD they may. The Panda variety supposidlly came out of American Showlines, and the white spotting pattern is a mutation that is passed down. Besides coat there is no difference between this variety and the American Show or American Pet. They are of the same lesser quality than their working counter parts.

Considering all of this...

Its a safe bet to assume that the trend of making every separate variety of GSD its own breed. We will probably see more Panda GSD's being advertised as a separate breed, and I've even been told that there has been an effort to create the American Alsation, which is most likely going to be the generic new term for American Pet variety, which people will attempt to pass off as a separate breed, thus repeating the same problems with the White GSD.

There is also a huge number of people starting to breed old type GSD's (The King Shepherd, and Shiloh Shepherd) by either breeding old type poor quality stock with no drive (In the case of the Shiloh) or by introducing other breeds to give the dog size and power (In the case of the King, which has Malamute and Pyreneese among other things). I cant understand these attempts personally. The GSD was never meant to be a large breed, and is supposed to have plenty of working drive, but these two varieties are only really good as pets or show dogs, so breeding them almost seems pointless, but I also fear this is what we should expect in the future.

With the need for working dogs dwindling, the GSD has become subject to a myriad of changes and transformations. This once amazing powerful working breed has been divided again and again til we have only a handful of good working types left, and the rest are being picked up and bred by people who either want to create their own separate breed for the sake of creating it, or to preserve a particular color or type, or simply because they want a pretty dog.

All in all my guess is that in the future we will continue to see new colors cropping up (there arent any blue merle GSD's yet, someone should get on that one) and more and more attempts at making these separate types their own breed. I also assume we'll be seeing more loss of performance ability especially in America. Most likely they will lose all their natural instinctive drive, and become more like large Labrador's who only look fierce, but lack the ability to back it up. Or consequently, we'll see a lot more dogs developing behavioral issues from poor breeding and the desire to keep up with the demand for all the new flashy GSD related breeds.

Akita, King German Shepherds aren't an official variation and therefore come in a range of heights, Akita's have a set height regulation.

no it can hav as many as possible if it just had the litter 2 months ago then it might be yes but since its 6 months ago it could hav the same amount maybe more depends on how much heat she is in Answer: the real answer is yes... she may have had only one pup due to breeding to soon. You should only breed once a year to make healthy, happy puppies. And mom will thank yu also for not stressing her out every six months.

it is classified as a mama metal

Purebred dogs are descended from a limited amount of dogs, meaning that they eventually become very inbred. All purebred dogs are genetically predisposed to certain health issues, such as how cocker spaniels are very prone to getting cataracts. With mixed breeds, the gene pool is diverse; the recessive genes carrying health problems are buried.

Dont know where your from but you generally don't eat dogs. shepards pie is made from minced LAMB and allot of vegetables, cooked along with mash potato, then placed into a baking tray along with mash on top then placed in an oven to crist eh outer mash potato.

Australian Shepherds shed moderately. Best to brush them a few times a month.

No, you can't over run, or over exercise an Australian Shepherd. They will lie down when they have had enough. They love to play and run and you will grow weary before they do.

If he is exercised on hard ground, yes.

Because bite force is correlated to the size of the head and jaw, the bigger the head, the bigger the bite.

Chalk one up for the German Shepherd here, as it is larger than the pitbull and therefore has a larger bite.

However, in a fight, it would be a bit of a different story. Bite force counts for nothing if you cannot land that bite.

The pitbull is more compact and has a lower center of gravity, so it stands a good chance against the semi-lanky, lighter-framed German Shepherd.

The situation depends entirely on the situation and the animals at hand.

Hope this helped!

you should look up "sable German Shepherds" on google images.

Sable German Shepherds, are normally one colour all over, colour can be cream to a medium tan.

Probably. The Hyenea has one of the most powerful bites of any animal on earth.

Look up adverts and ask the owners of the house. You shouldn't get an arpartment with a big GSD (German Shepherd Dog) as it is unfair on him, who is a high energy dog.

Possibly over 1000 rupees...

That is a matter of opinion and whether the dog is naughty, I would choose a boy, especially if it's a puppy, they have and cute attitude.

Nice quiet area, with clean bedding and some peace and quiet.

Sounds like Due South.

With positive and stern reinforcement, lots of treats and a calm mind.

Gently pull the ticks off the dog with gloves on. If you are concerned the ticks passed a disease to the dog, save the ticks and show the vet to test them