The German Shepherd or Alsatian is a German breed of working dog of medium to large size. The breed was developed by Max von Stephanitz using various traditional German herding dogs from 1899.[1]
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The German Shepherds are featured in Crypt of Civilization.
A German Shepherd scavenges for food.
It was introduced in 4 days after people when some marines remain on duty at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Southern California. The dogs who were part of the US Marines' canine core remains without superior officers but still remember their years of intense training. Cpl. Alfred J. Brenner stated that their memory is fantastic because the dogs are trained to attack and find explosives while the others trained to track humans and find them. He continues that they need to be able to have that drive like a Marine will. The more aggressive alpha males being uncaged when their masters vanished, go AWOL as they follow orders from hunger, a new commanding officer. Jill Bowers stated that German Shepherds are survivalists which can go after little animals and eat whatever they can while Cpl. Alfred J. Brenner recalls that they had one dog at the kennels attack a snake. However, the shepherds will not be the only predators, because outside of Pendleton, coyotes are on the march.
A German Shepherd jumps over a wall.
In 2 years after people, the coyotes that prowl the wild landscape of the once Camp Pendleton have learned to fear the strength of the German Shepherds. Cpl. Alfred J. Brenner recalls that one of their dogs came up to a coyote and overtaken it because of the training the dogs have and it most likely to kill a coyote. Unlike most dogs kept as pets in the time of humans, many military trained German Shepherds survived. Cpt. Alfred J. Brenner stated that they would retain their training for a very long time and gave example that if they came up to a wall, they're not going to stare at it and would jump over it, completing the task they need to.
The German Shepherds eventually bred with feral dogs and the breed will disappear.
In 50 years after people, the German Shepherds are no longer a memory despite their training that helped them to survive while other pets died. The reason being that they could not breed among themselves to prevent fraternization in the ranks by spaying their female dogs by marines. While some shepherds mated with feral dogs, after a handful of generations, the distinctive German Shepherd breed will disappear.