[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: German Shepherd history?
- From: "Emilie" <windvane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ELG440@xxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:12:13 -0700
My friend here in Canada who is 74 years young remembers as a girl in
Britain, the Name if German shepherd Dog was changed to Alsatian to remove
any trace of a association to Germany.
Emilie
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] German Shepherd history?
In a message dated 9/15/09 3:30:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mary-anne.boulet@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I do know that only British visitors called them Alsatians.
For those few that read my posts, I will give a bit more history.
In the United States in 1913 the GSDC of America was formed. In 1916, the
name German was removed, and we were incorporated as the Shepherd Club of
America. I am sure that was in reaction to the war, and the way Germany
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