ph erd ▁Dog , ▁at ▁least ▁four ▁were ▁either ▁w olf d ogs ▁or ▁partly ▁desc ended ▁from ▁w olf d ogs . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁Max ▁von ▁Ste phan itz , ▁an ▁ex - c aval ry ▁captain ▁and ▁former ▁student ▁of ▁the ▁Berlin ▁V eter inary ▁College , ▁was ▁att ending ▁a ▁dog ▁show ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁shown ▁a ▁dog ▁named ▁He ktor ▁Link sr hein , ▁who ▁was ▁alleg edly ▁one - qu arter ▁w olf . ▁Ren amed ▁Hor and ▁von ▁Gra fr ath , ▁the ▁dog ▁and ▁his ▁pro gen y ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁German ▁She ph erd ▁Dog . ▁Hor and ▁became ▁the ▁centre - point ▁of ▁the ▁bre eding ▁programs ▁and ▁was ▁b red ▁with ▁dogs ▁belonging ▁to ▁other ▁society ▁members ▁that ▁displayed ▁des irable ▁tra its . ▁Although ▁father ing ▁many ▁pu ps , ▁Hor and ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁was ▁He ktor ▁von ▁Schw aben . ▁He ktor ▁was ▁line ▁b red ▁with ▁another ▁of ▁Hor and ' s ▁off spring ▁and ▁produced ▁Be ow ulf , ▁who ▁later ▁father ed ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 4 ▁pu ps , ▁mostly ▁through ▁being ▁line ▁b red ▁with ▁He ktor ' s ▁other ▁off spring . ▁In ▁the ▁original ▁German ▁She ph erd ▁Dog ▁stud book , ▁Z ucht buch ▁für ▁Deutsche ▁Sch ä fer h unde ▁( S Z ), ▁within ▁the ▁two ▁pages ▁of ▁entries ▁from ▁S Z ▁No . ▁ 4 1 ▁to ▁S Z ▁No