I was shocked to find out that about 1 in every 3 people write out the word German Shepherd mistakenly, spelling them German Shepards rather. I’m surprised that this breed of dog is so regularly misspelled, & I am even further stunned to know that I spelled it this way for so many of my life.

I detest spelling words mistakenly and I consistently seek to avert it. I’m consistently careful to make sure that I’m on point with my spelling, but like any person, every so often I just slip up. The good news is that I have an effortless way to keep in mind how to properly spell this breed of dog the right way.

Follow my basic method here & you certainly will always recall that it is not German Shepards, but shepherds.

Remember back to why this type of canine was created and perhaps you’ll already figure this out. The German Shepherd was bred as a working dog, and it was only in the late 1890s that this dog came to life.

Folks in Germany needed a canine to help herd sheep. Think of the words herd & sheep this time, and then reverse them. You don’t think of the German Shepards (I am kidding) now as sheep herding dogs, as they’re usually used by police to combat crime, in airports to find substances, and in other places that rely on the dog’s good olfactory senses.

This, however, is why they had been bred, and remembering this ought to make it much easier to spell the word accurately.

As long as you attempt to keep this in mind any time you write or type out the word, I suppose you will get it precisely from here. Do not feel too badly about it because one in 3 people do write it mistakenly.

I hope this has been valuable. Here’s to a few spelling successes down the line when it comes to this fantastic type of dog.

Now that you know it isn’t German Shepards, you’ll have to learn some German Shepherd training tips at my blog.