Need another example? How about the farmers in the Bavarian Alps along about the 17th Century who needed a multi-purpose dog, big enough to drive cattle to market and formidable enough to guard their property? ![]() Nineteeth-century farmers in southern Germany who needed a utilitarian farm dog gave us the German Pinscher. And, of course, Max Emil Friedrich Von Stephanitz create the ultimate herding dog in his German Shepherd Dog. ![]() Teutonic hunters in the mid-1800s developed the German Shorthaired Pointer to effectively hunt all types of game in all of their country’s different terrain. The Germanic people have been particularly good at developing new dog breeds for various purposes. When they needed a certain type of dog to do a certain job and none existed that could do that job to their satisfaction, they simply invented one.Ĭases in point? Louis Dobermann created the Doberman Pinscher to help keep his own hide intact when he was doing his job as a tax collector.
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