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"German Shepherd Dog" is correct. "German Shepherd" is not. The German is deutscheschaferhund.

As a matter of fact, the German name is spelled "Deutscher Schäferhund" correctly. --Elwood j blues 18:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Fixed grammar "and" not "or" perhaps. ----Steve Latinner 02:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

According to german writing rules and my search results Blondie should be the dogs real name. Dickbauch 16:55, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm not an expert on the subject, but: this site specifically discusses Blondi and says only that Blonda is an alternative name; I found Blondi in all of the following: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

A count by google shows half the number of sites for Blondi as for Blondie, but I'm not entirely convinced--names aren't always translated: what was it in german? Elf | Talk 20:17, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

• Well, in the german Wikipedia we agreed on de:Blondie (Hund). The deletion-request is for other reasons ("Adolfs doggie isn´t important") and won´t be executed because most people think that it is important. There are some dogs called "Blondi" in Germany, but most sources (especially historicans) call the dog "Blondie" and Blondie is much more common. Blondie means as much as "blond haired (small) person". It is used for dogs with a lighter fur-color. It´s "Blondie", trust me I´m german... ca. 16.500 against 5.500 search results in Google. (try www.google.de with "Seiten auf Deutsch" instead of www.google.com!) Dickbauch 14:07, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks for the clarification. I already fixed all the text and other links to use the Blondie spelling. Elf | Talk 05:51, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Youre welcome, and sorry for my horrible English. I only created the account on the en: to prevent some people from destroying things using my german nick. I found this article about Adolfs doggie by accident. A nice colleague gave me the hint that your photo was much better than mine. So I "stole" it from here. ;o)

Oder verstehst Du zufällig Deutsch und ich hätte mir keinen abbrechen müssen?!? Dickbauch 13:20, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Ich habe es in schule gelernt...but only a little and as you can see, very badly. I can also say "Ich habe ein auto in der hand" :-) but that's about it. Elf | Talk 15:42, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

How do we know that Hitler killed Blondie because he believed the Russians would torture her? I've heard other accounts suggesting he wanted to make sure the cyanide would work. Can someone give a source?

Hmm, article used to say that but someone changed it. I don't have a source; don't know how anyone would know since didn't everyone there die? But I readded it as alternate theory. Elf | Talk 05:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• NOTE: As of Sept 2, 2005, the german article appears to have been renamed to Blondi (hund). I don't read german so I can't decipher how that whole thing went down; I'll just move this page back to where it was originally. Elf | Talk 22:44, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I believe the only reason why Blondi was killed, was because Hitler wanted to test the cyanide. I dunno the source though. Andries 20:20, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

That's not true. The dog was killed on his order the day Hitler committed suicide. --Elwood j blues 18:25, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the word dog should be added to the end of the opening sentence? As for name I've only ever known it as "Blondi" rather than "Blondie", rather than rely on what internet searches say are there no contemporary sources? -additional comment; Traudl Junge in her autobiograhy refers to "Blondi" and being Hitler's secretary she's likely to have known the correct spelling , plus at http://www.majorplm.com/catalogue/Cat-G-Personalities/Troost%20Gerdy-AH-Harras%20&%20Blondi-19nov03/Troost%20Gerdy-AH-Harras%20&%20Blondi.html

about half way down is a picture of a letter from Bormann's office which uses the same spelling. PhilipPage 20:57, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I neither don't think that he wanted to test the poison but rather take her with him, apparently even in that situation he cared for that - would it be caring to leave the dog in the bunker? Or as by Hitler's word "captured and killed by jewish pigs" when they'd reach the bunker?

Not to say

He was verey stupid to have a dog. I wondered who killed his dog. HITLER HIMSELF?