Alsatian Dog & Puppies

Should any Alsatian dog or puppies health problems occur it is advisable to raise any issuess you may have with a Veterinary Surgeon.

Information on Grooming and Care of the Alsatian Dog Breed
The Alsatian Dog requires weekly care and grooming. Grooming consists of not only brushing out the coat and bathing but also giving attention to the eyes, teeth, ears, feet and nails. A regular routine helps to ensure that any potential health problems are identified as quickly as possible, especially important in puppies and older Alsatian Dogs.

Life Expectancy information of the Alsatians
The life expectancy for the Alsation breed is 12 – 14 years.

Age comparison between the Alsatian Dog Breed and People
Age comparisons between dogs and people are always a matter of debate - we hope that the following information clarifies the situation. After the 1st of life, a dog is equivalent to 16 human years. After 2 years, they are equivalent to a 24 year old, at 3 years a 30 year old, and each year after, add 5 human years to determine a dog's equivalent age.

Herding Dog Breed Duties and Tasks
Characteristics and features of Herding Dogs, including the Alsatian, have been introduced and strengthened by breeding with animals who already demonstrated the desired traits. Breeding for appearance was only introduced in the 19th Century. Before this time dogs and puppies were bred to increase useful abilities and traits helpful for the duties they were intended for. Herding Group dogs share the amazing ability to control the movement of other animals. They also have great stamina reserves which allow them to work from dawn to dusk. The dogs are tenacious creatures who have the ability to herd animals such as cattle which are many times their size. They leap, run around frantically and nip at the heels of any animals that they are herding. Add this behaviour to aggressive barking and steely eye contact and their ability to influence much larger animals is fully understood. 

Thus, the various Herding breeds,  including the Alsatian, were bred and introduced to help man according to his specific requirements such as:

• Herding or Droving various animals including cattle and reindeer
• Police work
• Tracking
• Providing a service to handicapped owners
• Performing Search & Rescue
• Acting as sentries and couriers for the Armed Forces

In this day and age not every Alsatian might be called to undertake these tasks, but nevertheless, they still harbour the skills and characteristics that made the original Alsation breeding program successful. 

The Herding dogs are medium to large in size. Alsatians are intelligent, active, courageous, and determined dogs who make excellent companions and respond well to firm training. Alsations instincts are very strong and given half a chance they will try to herd, or round up, the family.  They enjoy work and look to their owners to provide tasks to enable them to meet their instincts and be rewarded accordingly. Dog Name Facts and Dog Names: The word Alsatian is often mis-spelt as Alsation or Alsations.