[stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

[helene ryles]

Here is another question. One of my characters Liza Bronze has 7
german shepard ex police dogs. The only problem is the country germany
doesn't exist in the world I'm writing about but the 'german shepherd'
dog does and has nothing to do with germany. Should I just leave the
'german' bit out and call it a shepard? Would people know what kind of
dog I meant?

Helene