The King Shepherd's are really just large straight backed German Shepherd Dogs.
The founders of the "King Shepherd" tried to add to the size and bone mass by adding other breeds to some of the original large
Shepherds. This breed will probably never be AKC recognized due to the continued cross breeding to other breeds of dogs that are
then registered as King Shepherds by the founder Shelley Watts-Cross.
Many of the Kings registered with the American King Shepherd Club, are actually just German Shepherds with false pedigrees.
There are so many genetic problems and health issue in the "King Shepherd Breed" today that I will no longer breed my two proven
Kings to any outside breeder's dogs. Rather than a breed in the making as they try to advertise, it is a breed that needs to fizzle out.
There are some very good health tests and lots of information available on Shepherd health issues. Unfortunately it seems that the
majority of King Shepherd breeders choose to ignore the results and breed for the $$$$.