"You say: "One such book by Author Angela Sanderson " Australian Dogs" out by Currawong press refers to the Australian Koolie then called the German Collie, what is of most importance in her book is her own reference to a much earlier German writer Von Stephantiz and his book "The German Shepherd in word and picture" released 1925 in which he writes "The Australian graziers were sufficiently impressed with German sheep dogs to import them", he then names the breed which were imported, as the German Tiger ( pronounced with a long"e" not a short "i") and describes them as long or short coated, prick eared type, of merle coloring similar to the type already found in Australia called the German Collie(The Koolie was still being referred to as a German Collie in 1925) this proves that German Tigers were imported to Australia, but it proves more importantly that the Koolie was established and recognised by its own breed name before actual recorded imported Tigers arrived".





What the book really says, and it can be found on page 109, is: There was a diverse variety of other European brreds, and it is still possible to find descendants of some of these early working dogs. Among them is a type known as the German Collie, or by its colloquial name 'German Coolie' or 'Coulie'. She also quoted, "In von Stephanitz's book The German Shepherd in Word and Picture (1925), there is mention that Australian graziers were sufficiently impressed with German sheepdogs to import some. These dogs would almost certainly have been crossed with local dogs, among which could have been the Border Collie. von Stephanitz's classic work covered all manner of German sheepdogs. Among them were what he called the 'tiger-spotted sheepdog' that could be found in several provinces of Germany".



At no time does he "names the breed which were imported, as the German Tiger ( pronounced with a long"e" not a short "i")" --- it's not there. If you're going to quote something, QUOTE it CORRECTLY!

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Fact :Von Stephanitz's does include German Tigers in his knowledge of German sheep breeds.
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"Post what page in his book you got that information from, because many GSD breeders that I contacted are unable to find where he called the breed German Tiger. If you don't post it, then you are making it up. "

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Fact :Von Stephanitz's does include German Tigers in his knowledge of German sheep breeds.
Fact : There is a German Breed called the Tiger.

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