A trip down memory lane! - Page 1

Anyone here old enough to remember the Walt Disney series, starring a girl named Corky, and a white GSD named White Shadow? Or old movies, with German Shepherds from Dorothy Crider's kennels?

http://www.minternsgermanshepherds.com/white_shepherds.htm

I just found these old links posted elsewhere, and thought some of the older posters or those interested in GSD history might enjoy seeing them!

The white coat gene in the Shiloh shepherds came from these lines, as well as the Hoofprint kennel here in Canada. Some of you may remember that the split between the Shiloh and the GSd happened when Tina brought in Sampson, a dog that was part giant malemute and part GSD. The GSD part of his heritage was from the white shepherds I've linked to above, plus some blood from the Littlest Hobo lines!  Yes, Rin Tin Tin is in there too, through the white shepherd lines. During the 80's and 90's, the white GSDs remained truer to type than the American show line dogs, so Daphne Herford, the current owner of the Rin TIn TIn kennel, bred to some white GSDs. Unfortunately, that has resulted in the Rin Tin Tin dogs becoming very pale in colour.

Anyway, take a look at the above link. It's a very interesting piece of GSD history. These dogs have lines going to famous American kennels such as Long Worth, San Miguel (which also produced Roy Roger's Bullet) Villa del la Marina, and Bodyguard. There's a good dash of German blood back there too, including Sieger Odin von Busecker Schloss, the sire of Tasso of Villa Marina!

I once saw a picture of the Malamute mix that Tina bred to...But he didn't look much like a Malamute mix to me...The pic I saw looked more wolf than Malamute.  Do you have a link to a better picture of him?

Just wondered.  Stepson has a Giant Malamute and she looks nothing like the pic I saw of Sampson...Also, I had a GSD/Malamute cross and he didn't have the wolfy look, either.

Crys

After looking at the link I do remember some of those days,
I'm definitely old enough...lol
Problem is my memory.    I'd love to see old re-runs, the times were so different back then.

So were the dogs.


Moons.

Tina lost most of her pictures in a fire that destroyed her home on Shearing Rd. in 2000. I only remember seeing two pictures of Samson, the one where he has his paws on Lisa's shoulders, and this one:

BTW, I've been mis-spelling his name. It's actually Shiloh's Secret Samson-Woo. I'd have dropped the 'Woo' part if I were naming him, but I think it was because he vocalized like a husky rather than barking. Some of his descendants are very vocal and like to 'talk' to their owners by going 'woo-woo-woo'!

We had 2 husky-GSD mixes when our oldest was born.  When she was about 14-15 months old and really started talking, if you asked her what a dog said she would go into a mournful woo-woo-woo instead of a more traditional barking sound.  I miss those dogs.

Opal

I loved Bullet.
That is the dog that started my love of GSD's.

I just got an old Disney movie called Atta Girl Kelly, about a German Shepherd guide dog.
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

Gsdrule:  I cannot believe you found the movie - Atta Girl Kelly - about the GSD guide dog!  I remember seeing it when I was very young but had no idea what the name was.  I would look for it and ask people about it but no one every remembered it! 
Thank you!  I remember loving that movie and only saw it once.  Cannot remember how long ago..........but I am going now to find a place to order it.

Cheryl

I got it on ebay.