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| {{mergeto|German Shepherd|discuss=Talk:German Shepherd#Merger proposal:Shiloh Shepherd dog|date=March 2020}} | |||
| {{Infobox dog breed | |||
| | name = Shiloh Shepherd | |||
| | image = Plushcoatshilohshepherd.jpg | |||
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| | country = ] | |||
| <!-----Traits-----> | |||
| | weight = {{cvt|80|-|160|lb|kg}} | |||
| | height = {{cvt|26|-|30|in|cm}} | |||
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| | life_span = 11–12 years | |||
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| | notrecognized = yes | |||
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| The '''Shiloh Shepherd''' is a variety of the ] bred in the ], it was developed to correct behavioural and conformational issues that have been bred into modern German Shepherds. | |||
| ==Overview== | |||
| The Shiloh Shepherd was created in the 1970s and 1980s as an "improved German Shepherd" by an American dog breeder, Tina Barber, to rectify nervousness she had observed in the latter.<ref name=Fogle>{{cite book |last=Fogle |first=Bruce |date=2009 |title=The Encyclopedia of the Dog |url= |location=New York |publisher=DK Publishing |page=387 |isbn=978-0-7566-6004-8 |author-link=Bruce Fogle}}</ref><ref name=Hancock>{{cite book |last=Hancock|first=David |date=2014 |title=Dogs of the shepherds: a review of the pastoral breeds |location=Ramsbury, Wiltshire |publisher=The Crowood Press Ltd |pp=14 & 140|isbn=978-1-84797-808-0}}</ref> The Shiloh Shepherd was bred from ] four German Shepherd bitches, it was bred for large size, length of their back, temperament and soundness of hips.<ref name=Fogle/><ref name=Bell>{{cite book |last=Bell |first=Jerold S. |date= |chapter=American breed Clubs and health initiatives |editor1-last=Ostrander |editor1-first=Elaine A. |editor1-link=Elaine Ostrander |editor2-last=Giger |editor2-first=Urs |editor3-last=Lindblad-Toh |editor3-first=Kerstin |title=The dog and its genome |location=Cold Spring Harbor, New York |publisher=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |pages=35–36 |isbn=9780879697815}}</ref> An inherited condition of degenerative joint disease causing spinal cord compression has been detected in the breed, it has been suggested this has been caused due to breeders selecting dogs for their extreme body type.<ref name=Fogle/><ref name=Bell/> | |||
| The Shiloh Shepherd is not recognized as a ] by any major ]s, but has been recognized by the ] since 1991.<ref name=Fogle/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arba.org/PDF%20Files/Group1/Shiloh%20Shepherd.pdf |title=Shiloh Shepherd |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2016 |website=American Rare Breed Association |publisher= |access-date=3 March 2020 |quote=}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| {{American dogs}} | |||
| {{dog-stub}} | |||
| ] | |||
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