Thanks, just checked them out. That looks like the shepherd my friend described.........
Beautiful dog and I like how the back is vertical to the ground rather than sloped downward like so many shepherds today. I wonder if that's why hip dysplasia is so common among that breed........
Dad loved shepherds and the last one he had was in the 1970's. Beautiful dog, big, black and silver. Loved family, friends and kids but hated other male dogs.
We had a cottage near a river in northern Michigan and whenever we vacationed up there, we would take Zarek down to the river where he loved to swim after logs we threw into the river.
The funniest thing tho, whenever we headed back to the cottage, he would pick up the biggest rock he could fit in his mouth and carry it back with him..........LOL!
His hips got so bad that right before a 4th of July trip to the cabin, dad decided to put him down because he was fearful that one of the grand kids might pat him on the hind quarters and Zarek would react and might bite them..........That holiday weekend really sucked. :(
As for the King Shepherd, I can't imagine the amount of time and work it would require to not only groom it but keep the house clean from hair shedding.
“...but keep the house clean from hair shedding.”