Editing German Shepherd (section)

== Notable individual German Shepherds ==

* The dog on which the breed was founded
** [[Horand von Grafrath]] (January 1, 1895 – after 1899), considered the first German Shepherd and the genetic basis for modern German Shepherds
* In film, television and fiction
** London, protagonist dog from [[The Littlest Hobo]].
** [[Strongheart]] (1 October 1917 – 24 June 1929), featured in Hollywood films of 1921–1927
** [[Rin Tin Tin]] (September 1918 – 10 August 1932), Rin Tin Tin Jr., and Rin Tin Tin III, featured in Hollywood films of 1922–1947
** [[Thunder the Dog]] (7 September 1921 – after October 1928), featured in Hollywood films of 1923–1927
** [[Silver Streak (dog)|Silver Streak]] (born 1924), featured in Hollywood films of 1924–1928
** [[Lightning (dog)|Lightning]], grandson of Strongheart, featured in Hollywood films of 1934–1938
** [[Ace the Wonder Dog]], featured in Hollywood films and serials of 1938–1946
** [[Rex the Wonder Dog]], fictional superhero in the [[DC Comics]] universe 1952–present
** [[Ace the Bat-Hound]], fictional partner of [[Batman]] in DC Comics 1955–present
** Joe, protagonist in the NBC television series ''[[Run, Joe, Run]]'' in 1974–1975
** Won Ton Ton, protagonist of the 1976 comedy film ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'', a spoof of Rin Tin Tin
** [[Koton (dog)|Koton]], sometimes identified as Rando, police dog later featured in the 1989 film ''[[K-9 (film)|K-9]]'' with [[James Belushi]]
** Rex, protagonist of the Austrian-Italian comedy-drama television series ''[[Inspector Rex]]'' of 1994–2015, and remakes in other countries
* Pets of political figures
** [[Blondi]] (1941 – 29 April 1945), Hitler's pet on which he tested the cyanide capsules he later consumed to commit suicide, killing her
** [[Champ (dog)|Champ]] (11 November 2008 – 19 June 2021), [[Commander (dog)|Commander]] (born 1 September 2021), and [[Major (Joe Biden's dog)|Major]] (born 17 January 2018), pets of US President [[Joe Biden]]
** [[Major (Franklin D. Roosevelt's dog)|Major]], police dog later kept as a pet of [[United States president]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] while he was in office, which bit a [[United States senator]] and the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in 1933 while living at [[the White House]]
* [[Dickin Medal|PDSA Dickin Medal]] recipients (for military and civil defence [[service dogs]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-dickin-medal |title=PDSA Dickin Medal |website=[[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
** Awards in the original 1943–1949 series for service in the Second World War
*** [[Antis (dog)|Antis]] (1939–1953), 28 January 1949 for war service in North Africa and England and post-war assistance in an escape from communist [[Czechoslovakia]]
*** [[Bing (dog)|Bing]], a.k.a. Brian ({{circa|1943}} – October 1955), 29 March 1947 for service with the [[13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion]] paratroopers
*** [[Crumstone Irma|Irma]], 12 January 1945 for rescuing people trapped under destroyed buildings in <!-- What does "MAP" mean in the PDSA website entry? -->civil defence service in the [[London Blitz]]
*** [[Jet of Iada|Jet]] (21 July 1942 – 18 October 1949), 12 January 1945 for rescuing people trapped under destroyed buildings in civil defence service in the London Blitz
*** [[Rex (search and rescue dog)|Rex]], April 1945 for locating casualties in thick smoke in burning buildings in civil service in England
*** [[Rifleman Khan]], 27 March 1945 for rescuing a drowning soldier in November 1944 in the [[Netherlands]] in the [[Battle of Walcheren Causeway]], an engagement of the [[Battle of the Scheldt]]
*** [[Thorn (dog)|Thorn]], 2 March 1945 for locating air-raid casualties in thick smoke in a burning building in civil service
** After revival of the medal in 2000
*** [[Apollo (dog)|Apollo]] ({{circa|1992}} – 2006), 5 March 2002 on behalf of all search and rescue dogs that served at the [[World Trade Center site]] and the [[American Airlines Flight 77|Pentagon]] in the aftermath of the [[11 September 2001 attacks]] in [[New York City, United States]]
*** [[Lucca (dog)|Lucca]] ({{circa|2003}} – 20 January 2018), 5 April 2016 for service with the [[United States Marine Corps]] of 2006–2012 in two tours in [[Iraq]] and one in [[Afghanistan]] for explosives and insurgent detection until injured by an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]]
*** [[Lucky (war dog)|Lucky]] (service {{circa|1950}}), 6 February 2007 for anti-insurgency service with the [[Royal Air Force]] against the [[Malayan National Liberation Army]] in the [[Malayan Emergency]] in 1949–1952 (the only surviving dog of a four-dog team)
*** [[Sam (army dog)|Sam]] (died 2000), 14 January 2003 for service in April 1998 in apprehending a gunman and in crowd control during protection of refugees in the [[Royal Army Veterinary Corps]] of the [[British Army]] in the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] conflict
* [[PDSA Gold Medal]] recipients (for non-military dogs)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-gold-medal |title=PDSA Gold Medal |website=[[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-gold-medal/gold-medal-dogs |title=PDSA Gold Medal – Dogs |website=[[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
** Ajax, 11 June 2013 for service in the civil guard that saved lives by detection of an [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] bomb near a guard barracks site on the Spanish island of [[Majorca]] in 2009 under dangerous circumstances
** Anya, 6 July 2010 for service as a British police dog in defending an officer from a knife attack in January 2008
** Ellie and Jones (Shepherd mixes), 22 August 2013 for saving their owner who collapsed and lost consciousness due to [[Diabetic hypoglycemia|diabetic shock]] in November 2010
** [[Finn (dog)|Finn]] (born March 2009), 6 May 2018 for service as a police dog in a knife attack on a police officer in [[Stevenage]], [[Hertfordshire, England]], on 5 October 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/animal-awards-programme/pdsa-gold-medal/pd-finn |title=Finn receives PDSA Gold Medal at PDSA's first ever music festival |website=[[People's Dispensary for Sick Animals]] |access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
** Gage (died 13 July 2010), 22 August 2013 (posthumously) for service as a police dog in a suburb of [[Christchurch, New Zealand]], defending an officer in an attack by a man with a rifle (in which the dog was killed)
* Other military, police, search-and-rescue, and institutional guard dogs
** [[Gabi (dog)|Gabi]], 1980s [[guard dog]] at the [[Belgrade Zoo]] that protected a security guard and the public by fighting with an escaped [[jaguar]]
** {{ill|Kántor|hu|Kántor (kutya)}}, police dog in [[Hungary]] in the 1950s and early 1960s, later portrayed in fictionalized versions for novels and television
** [[Lex (dog)|Lex]] (1999 – March 25, 2012), used by the United States Marine Corps in Iraq and later adopted by the family of a soldier who died in a rocket attack while serving as his handler
** [[Mancs (dog)|Mancs]] (1994–2006), earthquake search and rescue dog of [[Miskolc]], [[Hungary]], that helped rescue a 3-year-old girl who had spent 82 hours under ruins of a [[1999 İzmit earthquake|1999 earthquake]] in [[Turkey]]
** [[Nemo A534]] (died December 1972), served in battle in the [[United States Air Force]] during the [[Vietnam War]]
** [[Rajah (dog)|Rajah]], performing and unofficial police dog in [[New Zealand]], suggested as a candidate replacement for Rin Tin Tin in films
** [[Trakr]] ({{circa|1994}} – April 2009), Canadian police dog that discovered the last survivor of the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York City, United States
** [[Zuyaqui]] (died 2000s), used by Mexican military and police forces for detection of illegal drugs