Ua kaulana nā kahu hipa Kelemānia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā makahiki 1900 ma muli o ke ʻano o nā huakaʻi o nā hōkū kiʻiʻoniʻoni Rin-Tin-Tin a me Strongheart. ʻO ka German Shepherd kekahi o nā ʻohana Kelemania i loaʻa i ka manaʻo kūʻē iā Kelemania i ka wā a ma hope o ke Kaua Honua, e like me ka Dachshund. I ke Kaua Honua I-era Pelekane, ua kapa ʻia ka ʻohana ʻo Alsatian, he inoa i makemake nui ʻia e nā poʻe aloha ʻīlio Pelekane.
Me ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hānai holoholona hou a me ka emi ʻana o ka mālama ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana, ua hoʻolaha akamai ʻo von Stephanitz i kāna ʻano he ʻīlio hana K-9 kūpono. ʻO ka German Shepherd ka ʻīlio i koho ʻia no nā mākaʻi a me nā pūʻali koa a puni ka honua.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka 10 maikaʻi loa ʻo German Shepherd tattoo.