A dog owner has defended her rare-breed pup online after receiving backlash because of his coloring. Veronica Balladares Ayala posted a picture of 7-month-old Luke the Isabella-colored German shepherd ...

Dogs are man's best friends, as the adage observes. But for dog breeder and trainer John E. Henkel, dogs are much more. "With a well-bred German shepherd, there's no purpose they can't fulfill," ...

BERLIN — Gerlinde Schultze beamed as she lifted up her week-old puppy. "This is Xaver, a purebred East German shepherd," she said proudly, kissing the dark whelp on its wet snout. "You can't possibly ...