also: セパード
German shepherd; Alsatian
Specifically refers to the German shepherd dog breed. Often used as an abbreviation of ジャーマンシェパード.
See also: ジャーマンシェパード
The German shepherd in my neighborhood is very smart.
German shepherds are often used as police dogs.
General term for a shepherd, but in modern Japanese this sense is rare and usually understood from context or as part of compound words. The dog breed sense is overwhelmingly more common.
The 'shepherd' in the Bible refers to a sheep herder.
My family keeps two German shepherds.