[stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

[Judith Bron]

Helene, I live in America and know of a lot of Americans who have German 
Shepards.  Shepard as a dog description is a generic word.  There are lots 
of shepards.  Since what you are writing is fantasy, you don't have to get 
that specific about the dogs in the story.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:11 PM
Subject: [stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?


> 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
>
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