German Shepherd Dog Names For Your New Puppy

Vitagraph Dog

Jean, otherwise known as the “Vitagraph Dog” was a female Dutch Collie who starred in silent films.

Jean was born in 1902 and owned by Laurence Trimble. She was a dog actor and was employed by Vitagraph Studios from 1909 to 1913. She was the very first dog to play a starring role in a major motion picture.

During a trip to New York to do research for an article series at Vitagraph Studios, Trimble convinced Albert E. Smith to let Jean be the star of a special interest story in a New York Magazine. The rest was history.

Film Career:

Jean, the Dutch Collie, starred in her very first short film in 1910 called “Jean and the Calico Doll.” Additionally she starred in a total of twenty one short films throughout her career and was just as popular as her co stars.

She would eventually have six puppies. In 1912 she starred in her very own documentary “Jean and Her Family.”

Jean died at the age of 14 after returning to the United States after a brief stint in England.

Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin is undeniably one of the most recognizable and notable famous celebrity dogs.

In 1918, U.S. Army Corporal Lee Duncan rescued a mother with five puppies from the battlefield and therefore brought them back to his unit. He kept two of the pups and named them Rin Tin Tin and Nanette after a pair of good luck charm dolls “Rintintin” and “Nenette,” which were names sometimes given to American Soldiers. He nicknamed Rin Tin Tin “Rinty.”

In 1922 Rin Tin Tin was entered into his first dog show and was unfortunately injured on the way home. He suffered a broken leg after being struck by a stack of newspapers from a delivery truck. Nevertheless, ten months later Rin Tin Tin would win his first show.

Film Career:

His owner was convinced that he could star in the movies and thus the two searched for their first role. Thereafter he was asked to take the place of a camera shy wolf in his first on screen production and the rest was history.

Rin Tin Tin starred in his first major film in 1923 called “Where the North Begins.” As a result, the film was a giant success which some believe saved Warner Bros. He was very popular and was endorsed by several dog food companies, for instance.

In addition, he starred in a total of twenty nine films during his career before dying at Duncan’s home on August 10th, 1932.

Ace the Bat Hound

Ace is a comic book dog featured in the American DC Comic Series “Batman and Robin.”

He was designed by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff and made his debut in Batman issue number ninety two.

In the comic, Ace was a German Shepherd Dog owned by John Wilker. Batman and Robin found the dog after his owner was taken by a band of kidnappers.

Ace was retired from the comic in 1964 along with some other popular characters including Batgirl and Batwoman, for instance.

Ace the Bat Hound would go on to appear in several tv shows and films. Additionally, he was in Lego DC Comics Superheros: The Flash.

Bullet The Wonder Dog

Bullet The Wonder Dog was a German Shepherd originally given the name “Bullet Von Berge.” Significantly he was featured in one hundred episodes of the Western TV Series “The Roy Rodgers Show” from from 1951 until 1957. The dog was owned by the stars of the show Roy Rodgers and Dale Evans who were married in 1947

The show was action packed and gave Bullet the opportunity to catch many a bad guy during his six season run on the hit show. Whenever Roy and Dale were in trouble for instance, Bullet was the one to come to the rescue even untying his costars to set them free.

Quick Feet:

Surprisingly he was quick enough to keep up with The Show’s horse Trigger during camera shots. If Bullet wasn’t filming the show, he could surely be found at home spending time with his owners.

To the left you can see a picture of Bullet The Wonder Dog shortly after he found some very important papers that went missing. During that episode he also received a special medal and as a result, received the titular title of Deputy Sheriff.

Maximillion

Maximillion or “Max” for short played a bionic dog on the third season of the hit TV show “Bionic Woman” in 1978.

During the show’s story line, Max survives a laboratory fire and overcomes depression. As a result, his mental fortitude, helped by the show’s star Jaime Sommers, convinces Oscar Goldman that he is the perfect candidate for Bionic Powers.

Concurrently, the experimental procedure equipped him with a bionic jaw and four bionic legs. It cost one million dollars giving Max the name “Maximillion.”

Max had an impressive list of Super Powers thanks to his Bionic implants.

His Powers included the following:

1. Jaw can bite through rubber, wood and solid steel with 800 pounds of pressure
2. Legs allow him to run over 90mph
3. Legs give him the ability to jump over ten feet high and fifteen long
4. He can fall from high places
5. He can punch through glass windows and knock down doors
6. The ability to stop a moving car and bring it back to safety

Max was formally featured in issue number four of “The Bionic Man” comic with a new backstory. He was also in subsequent issues.