The German Shepherd - A Complete Anthology of the Dog

The Alsatian, as Britain first argued about it: herding dog, police dog, war dog, and the most controversial newcomer in the ring.

The German Shepherd - A Complete Anthology of the Dog gathers the breed chapters from the kennel literature of 1925 to 1935, among them Edward C. Ash's Dogs and How to Know Them (1925), Arthur Craven's Dogs of the World (1931) and Walter Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia (1935). Between the wars the breed was registered in Britain as the Alsatian, and these writers describe a dog only a generation old - consolidated from German herding stock by Max von Stephanitz from 1899, and already established in police, army and guide work.

Points, temperament, working ability, celebrated dogs and their pedigrees are set out in full, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.

This edition features:

• The breed chapters from the kennel encyclopaedias of 1925 to 1935
• The breed as Britain knew it between the wars, under the name Alsatian
• Points, temperament and working ability, with the pedigrees of celebrated winners
• The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout