In Popular Culture
- In the 2008 Disney animated film Bolt, the design of the main character, Bolt (character) is heavily inspired by the White Shepherd Dog.
- In the survival horror video game Haunting Ground ("Demento" in Japan), one of the main characters is a White Shepherd named Hewie.
- In the 1993 motion picture "Amos and Andrew" featured a white shepherd named Rommell, played by Rambo.
- The 1987 motion picture The Lost Boys features a White Shepherd called Thorn, owned by the character Max.
- Samuel Fuller's acclaimed 1982 motion picture White Dog features a White Shepherd that has been trained to attack and kill people with black skin.
- Jack LaLanne, popular fitness "guru" had white shepherd dogs that appeared on his TV show.
- Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has two white German Shepherds, Cabal and Lola.
- Jennifer Aniston has a white shepherd called Dolly.
- Pop singer and actress Miley Cyrus has a white shepherd named Mate (note that she also appeared in Bolt as the owner of the title character).
- Carolyn Perry also has a White German Shepherd with the French name of Gigi
- Aaliyah had a White German Shepherd that is scheduled to star in Road To Hook Bill
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