[stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

[LoriStay at aol.com]

I'd be in favor of inventing a new breed, even a new dog-like animal.   I 
would not use the word "German" or "shepherd," as I agree that would be 
confusing.   I used to have a collie-shepherd mix (gorgeous dog who was black and 
white with long hair, and didn't look like either a collie or a shepherd) 
who was definitely a herding dog.   He started herding the family, so we 
couldn't keep him, darn it.
Lori

In a message dated 5/5/09 2:30:55 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:


> 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>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> 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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