It wasn’t the same dog in the movie

Comment:

my class and I just watched and read Shiloh and we loved it. I have a question for you was the dog who attacked Shiloh really a German shepherd or did you change it when you were writing the book because in the movie it did not look like a German shepherd.Thanks for writing the good books.

Phyllis replied:

I wrote the book before it ever became a movie.  Producers often change things in a movie; maybe the dog they chose was a better actor.