[stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

Helene,
I'd also have trouble with german vs. australian vs. other shepherd dogs.

personally I think you should come up with your own word, maybe not 
even use the word dog since this is fantasy.  then early on give the 
german-shepherd-dog-like animals a brief capsule description with 
your made up name for their breed/species.  if you have a lengthy 
book and the gwarbs or whatever you call them show up at other times 
you can put in brief reminders of their build, nature, coat, 
aptitude, or whatever is important.
if you use "german shepherd" or even just "shepherd dog" I'm thinking 
you'd have too much label confusion for your readers.  so make your 
own to suit you.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 01:11 PM 5/5/2009, you wrote:
>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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