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One thing I really hate is people stating false and misleading information as fact and this one is just chock full of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFf0I...eature=related
Animal Planet's "Dogs 101: German Shepherd".
One of their opening statements is wrong (yep, right off the bat).
"was the original canine movie star"
Sorry, while Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin both were canine movie star pioneers and helped lead the way for success stories like Lassie and Benji, the GSD was NOT the first canine movie star.
That honor goes to a turn of the century border collie (presumed by some pictures) named "Jean" a.k.a. "The Vitagraph Dog". Jean was in 18 films between 1910 and 1913, even starring or co-starring in several of the films.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitagraph_Dog
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1255970/
As you notice Jean's last film was in 1913. Strongheart was born in 1917 and Rin Tin Tin was born in 1918.
At 2:25 they say "and in recent years, even white".
Again, this is wrong.
Here is a link to the pedigree for the first German shepherd (yes, you can trace any GSD back to him - this is how well they've tracked them):
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/1208.html
Look at the maternal grandfather:
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/8309.html
Granted - we're back into the "coninental shepherd" stage but that is a white shepherd. White shepherds have always been a part of the breed since the beginning but it was always considered a fault. It was even discouraged to the point that in the past, possibly even in recent years, white GSD puppies were culled at birth to hide that gene from the lines (I don't know why it was considered so dangerous).
2:50 - they only mention the Dutch attempting to cross breed wolves and GSDs and that it was a failure. While this is true there are two common GSD / wolf hybrids in existance today, one being the Czechoslovakian Vlcak (wolf dog). It is a wolf with the temperament of a German shepehrd. There were some successes.
4:20
"Heads the canine list with dog bites" this is true but there are two facts that are NEVER mentioned when this is.
1) German shepherds are the most popular breed in the world. Statistically, even a lower dog / bite ratio the GSD could still easily have far more bites than any other breed.
2) If someone broke into my house and my dog bit them in defence - that is still considered a bite and GSDs are the #1 dog in the US for protection work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFf0I...eature=related
Animal Planet's "Dogs 101: German Shepherd".
One of their opening statements is wrong (yep, right off the bat).
"was the original canine movie star"
Sorry, while Strongheart and Rin Tin Tin both were canine movie star pioneers and helped lead the way for success stories like Lassie and Benji, the GSD was NOT the first canine movie star.
That honor goes to a turn of the century border collie (presumed by some pictures) named "Jean" a.k.a. "The Vitagraph Dog". Jean was in 18 films between 1910 and 1913, even starring or co-starring in several of the films.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitagraph_Dog
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1255970/
As you notice Jean's last film was in 1913. Strongheart was born in 1917 and Rin Tin Tin was born in 1918.
At 2:25 they say "and in recent years, even white".
Again, this is wrong.
Here is a link to the pedigree for the first German shepherd (yes, you can trace any GSD back to him - this is how well they've tracked them):
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/1208.html
Look at the maternal grandfather:
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/8309.html
Granted - we're back into the "coninental shepherd" stage but that is a white shepherd. White shepherds have always been a part of the breed since the beginning but it was always considered a fault. It was even discouraged to the point that in the past, possibly even in recent years, white GSD puppies were culled at birth to hide that gene from the lines (I don't know why it was considered so dangerous).
2:50 - they only mention the Dutch attempting to cross breed wolves and GSDs and that it was a failure. While this is true there are two common GSD / wolf hybrids in existance today, one being the Czechoslovakian Vlcak (wolf dog). It is a wolf with the temperament of a German shepehrd. There were some successes.
4:20
"Heads the canine list with dog bites" this is true but there are two facts that are NEVER mentioned when this is.
1) German shepherds are the most popular breed in the world. Statistically, even a lower dog / bite ratio the GSD could still easily have far more bites than any other breed.
2) If someone broke into my house and my dog bit them in defence - that is still considered a bite and GSDs are the #1 dog in the US for protection work.
I AM the evil bastard!
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