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As german shepherd breeders, we need these girls to make distinctly beautiful, large, healthy german shepherd puppies. Learn about your dogs natural behavior instincts, and learn how to change and correct some of them. Great looking book, full of useful and knowledgeable info, a great read. Picking the right adult rescue dog was most valuable for me. Deposits are nonrefundable but transferable to another litter.
Large oldstyle german shepherds the following breeders have combined their 83 years of breeding experience in genetics, veterinary medicine, showing, training, and childrearing. The color of the german shepherd dog is usually black and tan, and the coat of this breed can come in several variations, which include the longhaired german shepherd, the long roughcoated german shepherd. If you have a german shepherd or thinking about getting one, buy this book. Major beddoes, a british officer who has served three years in germany since the armistice and has devoted much. In the great war, the gsd became the favorite breed of the reichswehr. A complete guide to raising, training, and caring for your german shepherd everything pets by walker, joan hustace isbn. Specializing in large, over sized, akc registered german shepherds. If you dont see the book that interests you, then feel free to use our quick book search tool below.
He is a shepherd the literal english translation of the clerical title pastor, from the latin, and provides frequent spiritual advice and perspectives for the crew of serenity. Its also free to list your available puppies and litters on our site. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Living in the santa clarita valley, agua dulce, ca. The book was published in 2005 and is no longer in print but still around. A complete guide to raising, training, and caring for. With this vast experience, we have focused on developing and producing large german shepherds with size, good health, that are high in trainability, as well as having. We just love german shepherd dogs and puppies, they are family members to us. Randy mccarthy has raised german shepherds for over 25 years and understand their needs and strength. The natural gait is a freeandeasy trot, but they can turn it up a notch or two and reach great speeds. The illustrated standard for the german shepherd dog. Oldfashioned, thick boned, large german shepherd breeder. A real must have if youre interested in the breed, and a great book if. German shepherd, breed of working dog developed in germany from traditional herding and farm dogs.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the german shepherd big book. This book will familiarize you with the germans shepherds background, main characteristics, dominant traits, and health concerns. Can someone recommend to me the best of the best books on. The ultimate guide to making your german shepherd happy, healthy and obedient. Ayers legends carries on the heritage and lines of old fashioned german shepherds which are much larger than todays standards. Most important introductory guide on the czech german shepherd. Choose your favorite design from our huge selection of templates as well as your page type. Mostly, they love to chase and play with each other and vie for our our large german shepherd dog blue and his long. The ultimate german shepherds, sharon, south carolina. A seventh edition of the german book was published in the same year as the first editions in english, 1923. If youre considering to own a german shepherd, or youve just become a new gsd owner, there are some realities you must fully accept. Later, however, due to their agility, intelligence, trainability and obedience, the german shepherd became the preferred breed for searchandrescue, police and military roles and even acting. In the english language, the breeds officially recognized. It is filled with informational pictures of the history of this great.
Books are often a great way to learn about basic dog training. Derrial book commonly called shepherd book and born as henry evans is a fictional character played by ron glass in the sciencefictionwestern television series firefly and its sequel movie, serenity. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the second chapter, morford examines the time, money, energylevel, and lifestyle required to meet the needs of a german shepherd so that both the dog and its. Until the 1970s the breed was known as the alsatian in the united kingdom. When you get him to move, youll see he moves with the same style and grace as a standardcolored version of the breed. German shepherd dog by dog fancy magazine overdrive. A look at the black german shepherd a cut above the rest. German shepherd dog offers the most uptodate online support with instant access to club gsd where owners can meet and interact with other dedicated german shepherd owners, download charts and checklists, play breedspecific games, take quizzes, and send german shepherd themed ecards. In the second chapter, morford examines the time, money, energylevel, and lifestyle. Be the first this is a dog pedigree, used by breeders and breed enthusiasts to see the ancestry and linebreeding of that individual dog. Rex the hero dog to live with old friend orange county register.
He should gain at least another 15 lbs by 4 years of age. Rex, a german shepherd trained for military work, is on track to move back in with a former handler and fellow war veteran. Head of 15 month blacktan large german shepherd male. What every shepherd owner needs to know about his or her pet kindle edition by morford, amy. German shepherd learn the secrets to owning a happy german. Amy morford created the the german shepherd big book to help you figure out if a german shepherd is a good pet for your individual needs as well as determining if you can meet the demanding emotional and physical requirements of the breed. The german shepherd dog, also known as the alsatian, is a very sturdy, muscular dog with strong features. Expecting solid blacks and dark sables like kino males 2,500 females 1,600. Wustenbergerland award winning german shepherd dog breeders and trainers personal protection dogs, trained adults, trained puppies, german shepherd puppies for sale, from germany over 40 yrs. Sg norbo benju slovakian working champion, 3x wusv, 3x fci, schh3, ipo3, zvv2 by ovejero on 20 october 2006 15. Try showing them your devotion in a language they can. Their past litters have produced some very large pups with heavy bone.
It is a real classic with wonderful pictures and prose. Cat warren is a university professor who took up the hobby of searching for the dead with her german shepherd, solo. Pdf the german shepherd dog, one of the most popular breeds of domestic animal, was created. Jul 08, 2010 im looking for a great book on training german shepherds, one that details how to bring out their protective instincts, but at the masters command. The german shepherd is a breed of medium to largesized working dog that originated in germany. Below you will find many books specific to the german shepherd. German shepherd dogs are among the most popular breeds in the. Shop zazzles german shepherd notebooks and journals.
A strongly built, relatively longbodied dog, the german shepherd stands 22 to 26 inches 56 to 66 cm and weighs 75 to 95 pounds 34 to 43 kg. The german shepherd can be kept in an apartment, but will need to be regularly exercised. Mostly, they love to chase and play with each other and vie for our our large german shepherd dog blue and his long haired german shepherd friend charcoals attention. Howell book house, 1999 isbn 1582450471 pet owners guide to the german shepherd dog. Best german shepherd books for your summer 2017 reading list. Therefore this breed is more suited to an environment with plenty of room and a garden or yard in which he is more likely to be active. Presenting the great, new third edition of the most respected book in print on the german shepherd in the english language. The german shepherd dog in word and picture is a book first published in 1923. Thats not to say that our german shepherds dont enjoy receiving affection. This book was well written and gave expert advice that works. Many czech german shepherds are great for families with children, but not all dogs may be tolerant of. The book starts with the story of how solo the gsd came to be, a singleton puppy with all sorts of attitude and no sense of inhibition. The german shepherd big book was created to help you figure out if a german shepherd is the right breed for you.
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