09/26/2024
This says it all
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ?
This question often pops up, and it's not as straightforward as it seems! Many people mistakenly label them as a โMalamute x German Shepherd Dog,โ but this oversimplification is misleading, and simply wrong. This misconception likely arises from the fact that one of the outcross dogs introduced during the creation of the Shiloh breed included a single mixed breed stud dog with American Showline GSD, White Shepherd, and Malamute (MAW) ancestry.
So, what exactly are Shiloh Shepherds?
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ โ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒโ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
In 1974, the breed founder began developing a unique line of German Shepherds at Shiloh Shepherd Kennels in New York State. Her goal was to recreate the type of dog she remembered from her childhood in Germany: intelligent, mentally sound, big, beautiful, and excellent family companionsโmuch like Chuck Eisenmannโs dogs from The Littlest Hobo. After years of breeding and training German Shepherds, she chose to start reviving the breed by using the Thuringer lines for intelligence and the mountain shepherd lines for size and soundness. It wasn't until 1991 that other breeds were carefully introduced to enhance specific traits, shaping the Shiloh lineage we know today.
