This is a serious question!!!!
What Breed was the Littlest hobo??????
On Wiki it says its a german Shepherd. But I didnt think it was!!!!
Lea :) :) :)

I'd have said German Shepherd too. What breed would you have said?

I used to watch that as a kid and yes it was a German Shepherd- just not the normal black & tans we see here all the time.

I would have guessed at a GSD cross .

this was my favourite programme as a child.
I believe 'London' was owned and trained by Chuck Eisenmann, and he was a german shepherd, though I also understand he was known as a Shiloh Shepherd... it's complicated! lol

GSD, a bad one, but a GSD never the less. 

GSD, a bad one, lol Ahh dont be mean he was a sweetie love the theme tune to lol,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=banXT6azA-4

heart warming lol

> lol Ahh dont be mean he was a sweetie

lol i think kory ment a badly bred one...

He looks like a NI to me, my friend has one very similar looking
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Your right Louise he does look like an NI but don't their origins incldue gsd.?
I would be surprised if he was a Shiloh they are bred to be substantially bigger and chunky than a gsd.

they do include GSD to make them more trainable apparantly, try telling him that! But you can see the gsd resemblance in him.

Did NIs exist back in the 50s/60s?

i was just wondering that...

> I believe 'London' was owned and trained by Chuck Eisenmann, and he was a german shepherd, though I also understand he was known as a Shiloh Shepherd... it's complicated! lol

He wasn't a "Shiloh"he was a grey dog(called sables here in the UK)the facial markings he had were also seen in many similar dogs of the time & in this country lots of the Fentwood GSDs had tese markings. "Shiloh"shepherds weren't "invented"until 1974 when breeding as a separate breed in the USA began of very large dogs from GSD bloodlines

The film, that was followed by two TV series, was made in the USA & the TV series made in Canada(in Black & white like the first TV series)& this starred the first London, the TV series(65 episodes)starred the second London. The series was made from 1963 to 1965.

The second TV series was made in colour & was filmed between 1979 to 1985

Chuck Eisenmann was a professional baseball player, if he is still alive he will be 91 years old !

> He looks like a NI to me, my friend has one very similar looking

He looked nothing like the NI the facial markings are similar, but all Chuck Eisenmann's dogs were grey(sable)GSDs

Doesn't remind me of a NI and they weren't around in those times, definitely a GSD.

I thought a husky cross GSD or Malamute cross GSD LOL
But I bow down to your better judgements LOL
Thankyou
Lea :) :) :) :)

> lol i think kory ment a badly bred one...

Thank you Kim!  Definately not the GSD dog we see today!!! 

Oh Gawd, that made me cry, but it's been one of those weeks!!  After I took Ellie to be pts, as I was on my way home, that was played on the radio (the DJs had a phase of playing it) and I remember sitting at traffic lights bawling my eyes out.   Then today, at training, 2 Golden Retriever pups arrived (totally seperate)!!!  She would have been 12 last Tuesday.  I miss her so much

Do you think fate is trying to tell me something.

(Sorry just realised I've gone totally OT!)

http://www.kevinmccorrytv.com/hobo.html

This says German Shepherds too. A bit paler than what I'm used to seeing - could they not be one of the "break off" German Shepherd breeds, like Shiloh...?

Old friend wikipedia....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Shepherd

and wikipedia reference....

http://www.shilohshepherdtssr.com/Whatcolorismydog.pdf

Since they were apparently bred from GSDs, starting in the 70s, maybe wotsitcalledyouwereaskingabout was a GSD with slightly unusual colouration.