page_title: Old German herding dogs
hierarchical_section_title: Old German herding dogs
caption_attribution_description: Altdeutscher hütehund, Gelbbacke
context_page_description: The old German herding dogs, including old German sheep-dogs or old German shepherd dogs are a group of traditional types of working, herding dogs from Germany. They are landraces consisting of working strains of dog, and some of them are the types from which the modern German Shepherd Dog was developed as a standardised breed. The landraces are not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, but some have their own standards which are for working ability, not appearance traits.
context_section_description: The old German herding dogs (German: altdeutsche Hütehunde), including old German sheep-dogs or old German shepherd dogs (altdeutsche Schäferhunde) are a group of traditional types of working, herding dogs from Germany.  They are landraces consisting of working strains of dog, and some of them are the types from which the modern German Shepherd Dog was developed as a standardised breed.  The landraces are not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, but some have their own standards which are for working ability, not appearance traits.
caption: Old German herding dog, landrace:
  ost- bzw. mitteldeutsche Gelbbacke
  ('east- or central-German yellow-cheek')
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