Old German herding dogs

Old German herding dogs
Old German herding dog, landrace: Ost- bzw. mitteldeutsche Gelbbacke ('east- or central-German yellow-cheek')
Other names	Altdeutsche Hütehunde, altdeutsche Schäferhunde
Origin	Germany
Dog (domestic dog)

Old German herding dogs (German: altdeutsche Hütehunde), including old German sheep dogs or old German shepherd dogs (altdeutsche Schäferhunde) are a group of traditional types of working, herding dogs from Germany. They are landraces consisting of working strains of dog, and some of them are the types from which the modern German Shepherd Dog was developed as a standardised breed. The landraces are not recognised by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, but some have their own standards^[1] which are for working ability, not appearance traits.