2006-07-18 09:46:32 · 3 answers · asked by Richard A 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
None German shepherds were renamed alsation after the 2 world war. Because the word German wasn't popular. Its changed back now I think must people say German shepherd nowadays.
2006-07-18 09:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Sandra H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
During the First World War, the British began referring to German Shepherds as Alsatians because there was a tendency to repudiate "German" names; That's why the royal family are now known as Windsor, rather than Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Battenburgs became the Mountbattens; in other places, towns and cities were renamed. Berlin, Ontario, for example became Kitchener.
Since Alsatian refers to Alsace, a district of France occupied by Germany from 1870 - 1918, the name was given to the popular dog breed in order to make it more "patriotic".
2006-07-18 16:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by P. M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are the SAME DOG. It's just two different names for the same one. Alsatian is from Alsasse, France. It's a part of France that was once owned by the Austrian Empire and was used for sheep herding, so that's how it got the name German Shepherd.
2006-07-18 16:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by Shopgirl9337 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋