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A species of the Hesperocyoninae that lived on Earth 40 million years ago Common ancestor of all species of the Canis group
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an extinct species that had lived on earth 30 mya
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a species of the Canis group that lived on Earth 9 mya
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Canis Lupis or gray wolf is a species alive today but had been alive also 1 mya
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In 1891 the Phylax Society was created with the intention making standerdized dog breeds. They were located in Germany, they soon disbanded but this helped the evolution of the German Shepherd dog.
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Von Stephanitz had attended a dog show in 1899 and was shown a dog named Hektor Linksrhein that was a product of multiple generations of selective breeding. Von Stephanitz thought this dog was his ideal thought of a working dog. The dog had a lot of ideal traits and Von Stephanitz had adopted him.
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After Von Stephanitz had bought the dog he founded Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde (Society for the German Shepherd Dog.) Hektor Linksrhein (now Horand von Grafrath) was then declared the first german shepherd dog.
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IN 1919 54 dogs were registered in the UK Kennel Club as German Shepherd Dogs.
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In 1926 the amount of dogs went from 54 in 1919 to over 8000 registered in the club.
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The german shepherds popularity had started to increase again because the dog Sieger Pfeffer von Bern had become the victor in the American Kettle club dog show
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Breeding lowers because of World War II, less breeding means slower evolution.
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In 1993 the German Shepherd had become more popular in the US making the breeding happen faster, causing the change in the breed.
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The back of the German Shepherd had started to change and become more curved towards the hind legs.
