Zara (Perle v.d. Zomerdijkslanden, born April 2024) has all the credentials on paper: a pedigree, a father who competed at the IGP3 level at BSZS 2024, and a lineage to be proud of. Then she walks through the yard with a half-destroyed ball in her mouth as if she’s just made the most important discovery of her life.

Long-coated, far too smart for her own good, and with the personality of a cat who happened to be born in a German Shepherd’s body. If you follow Silly Shepherds, you already know Zara as the face of this site. Officially, a purebred German Shepherd with a pedigree. In practice: the boss.

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Zara’s Father

Grimm della Valcuvia — an outstanding Italian dog from the very top of the show-line world, with the highest IGP working title (IGP3) to match. He competed at BSZS 2024, the breed’s most prestigious breeding show in Germany. In short: Zara’s father is no ordinary dog. Which makes it all the funnier when she pretends she doesn’t know her own name.