[stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Teehee.  I like it!

Tami Smith-Kinney

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] German shepard in fantasy world?

What about a Growlin Shepard?

Helene.

On 05/05/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your advise Judith and Tamara.
>
> My first guide dog was an austaralian shepard. I've known people with
> german shepards. Although very differant in aprearace (smaller and
> stockier) they are similar in tempermant. As a pointer would it be
> sufficent to introduce them as failed police dogs?
> Helene.
>
> On 05/05/2009, Tamara Smith-Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> People from sheep and cattle country might confuse it with an Australian
>> shepherd or other herding type of very different appearance temperament,
>> since they're still bred for herding.  I do that when people refer to
>> their
>> shepherds, unless I stop to think.  When I inquire about an interesting
>> mixed breed and hear it's a shepherd mix, I immediately start looking for
>> Aussie characteristics.  Which always seems odd, because I adore GSDs and
>> am
>> not too far shy of being fanatical about them.
>>
>> Off the top of my head, using the word 'shepherd" to denote the breed
>> will
>> get the right general idea across, and you can use subtle descriptive or
>> behavioral clues to point the reader towards the correct type of
>> shepherd.
>> Or you can always invent a new breed.  /smile/  I found myself doing that
>> with horses in my fantasy world.  I started out with the earth breeds
>> that
>> fit the characteristics and functions I was looking for, most of them
>> named
>> for place of origin in Europe, since the kingdom where the story begins
>> is
>> based on a more-or-less European-style feudal political and physical
>> geography.  When I got serious about the story, I realized this would
>> never
>> do!  So I had a great deal of fun inventing horse breeds.  I also
invented
>> a
>> dog breed, now that I think of it.  Fun stuff!
>>
>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of helene ryles
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:12 AM
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>> 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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