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White Shepherd?

motive of making this site

Don't you think "Aren't German Shepherd dogs black and tan?"?
White German Shepherd dogs which are disqualifying fault as German Shepherd dog seem to be treated as nuisance in Japan. There wasn't many information about White Shepherd dogs back in 1990s, so I decided to make website so that public would come to know this beautiful breed and discrimination would be less.

White Shepherd dogs are not rare nor "hard to find" kind of breed. There are many breeders adds in US magazines and NOT treated as a rare breed.

Recently, there are pet retailers who deal White Shepherd dogs. Siberian Husky and Golden Retriever became very popular once and resulted in poor abandoned dogs, I don't want White Shepherd dogs to go through the same doom so it may be better for the breed to remain not easy to get dogs in Japan and only people who don't mind importing by themselves can own.

These days the breed is introduced in breed books or other media and many poeple are interested in owning one. In fact, people who offer a pup at nearly 1 million yen or breed every season already exist so I wish this site could be some help to make right decision as a wise buyer.


What is White Shepherd? 3months old long coat pup
Adaan 3 months old
Long coat male
It's called in various names because it's not recognized as purebred but White Shepherd is German Shepherd dog in white coat as right photo.
In USA, it's called White Shepherd dog or White German Shepherd. It's also called American Canadian White Shepherd in Europe but no matter how it's called, they are all the same as a breed. This breed has been mainly bred in North America, so the country of origin is often stated USA now.

White Shepherd is not very popular in Japan yet but are owned all over the world not only in North America and Europe but also in Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Malaysia etc. There are tens of thousand of White Shepherds in USA alone.

White Shepherd was originally the same to German Shepherd other than color. Since White Shepherd had become disqualifying fault as German Shepherd and had been bred without strict standard, breeders preferences were reflected thus White Shepherd is not identical to German Shepherd now.(eg. label back, mild temperment) Because of "the bigger the better" concept, there are breeders whose selling point of dogs are 100+ lb.
                                                            

Is White Shepherd "hard to find"?

Somehow people want to describe/call white shepherds "rare" or "maboroshi" in Japanese which can mean so rare that existance maybe questionable. (--;)
It's true that there aren't many in Japan now but nothing more than that. They are not endangered breed nor one in thousands mutant. As you can see from AKC registration number, around 5000 dogs are registered every year in USA alone. Do you call dogs existing tens of thousand "rare in the world"? Members of White Shepherd Association of Australia DO NOT advertise dogs as rare.

If you call animals that are not(very much) in Japan "rare(maboroshi)", anything could be "rare".
For example, Shiloh Shepherd and King Shepherd.(are they concidered just huge GSD in Japan?). Other example for "oh, is there such color variation?", American Short hair(cat) in white coat. American Short hair is a bit different in a sense white is not a fault.

It's not that you can call something you don't know existance "rare".
White Shepherd seems to be recognized like white tigers or lions.

OK, let's assume White Shepherd were rare. But why are White Shepherds being eliminated while other white animals such as white tiger or albino animals are regarded pracious and protected?

What I have trouble understanding the most is breeders who are capable of eliminating white pups of their loving dogs because they aren't "desireble". Unfortunately, the white shepherd/GSD situation in Japan is showing that most of GSD breeders in Japan fall into this type. I do not (want to) think all of them are willing to eliminate white pups but it's horrible if they never even felt "can't I let them live?". If you breed, no matter what the resulting pups are, you should be responsible for all pups through their whole lives. Not only white coat pups but also pups with incurable deseases, deafness or even with one eye or without arm under elbow MUST be well taken care of. You can't afford to take care of money consuming dogs with no market value? Then, don't breed.

What on earth is the merit of discribing dogs existing tens of thousands "very rare even in the world"? Is it a self-satisfaction that s/he is owning what others don't? I would not have minded indivisual pet owners say white shepherds are rare but pet dealers, so called breeders or media saying so is nothing but theri ignorance, not studying hard enough and makes me think they say "rare" just to sell in higher price. The reason we don't see white shepherds as often as GSD is because we have been eliminating them saying "whites are disqualifying fault". Does it make sense to start making much of whties for now that whites came to get public attention, without mentioning such history background(do they know the history at all in the first place?)?
I frawn to these adjectives because it helps pepole who put unbelievable price and I don't want people who are not wholeheartedly devoted to dogs to get involved with this breed.
The prices above were the priced actually I was presented. For your information, price of white shepherd pups are US 500 to 1000 dollars. Japanese market price is higher than other countries so this price might seem cheap but the price is about the same of GSD pups. The price also can tell you that white shepherd is not rare but exist just like GSD.
People who only want something "rare", white shepherds are all over the world already.

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