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Seven Facts About German Shepherd Dogs

5Their Star Power Lit Up Silent Screens

Foto by Warner Brothers via Wikimedia Commons

Rin Tin Tin, the most famous German Shepherd of all, was originally rescued from a World War I battlefield. In a small French village called Flirey, Corporal Lee Duncan found a damaged German kennel with a starving dog and five puppies inside. The dogs were rescued and one of the puppies was named Rin Tin Tin. He would later become a silent film star, appearing in a total of 28 movies.

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