ʻO ka German Shepherd kahi ʻīlio i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he kahu hipa a me ka ʻīlio huli.
Ua loaʻa ka ʻīlio kahu hipa Kelemania ma ka hānau ʻana a me ka hele ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano ʻīlio puaʻa ma Central a me Kelemania Hema. E hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā ʻano lauoho paheʻe a lōʻihi.
I kēia mau lā, komo nā kahu hipa Kelemania i nā hōʻikeʻike a hoʻohana ʻia no ka pale, nā haʻuki cynological, a me nā ʻīlio no ka ʻohana.