Shep, short for "shepherd", is a common name for
herding dogs. Some well-known examples include:Shep of Fort Benton, Montana
Shep (dog), a famous
Blue Peter dog, a
border collie, remembered by
British TV viewers as inseparable from
John Noakes."Old Shep" as sung by
Elvis Presley and many other country performersShep,
George of the Jungle's elephant companion.A supposed ghost dog that habitates the Boulder-Denver turnpike in
Colorado. Shep died in 1964, and has been spotted numerous times since then. Shep is also an abbreviation for Sheppard and similar names. James Sheppard (d. 1970), commonly known as Shep, was lead singer of the Heartbeats and later
Shep and the Limelites; Jean Shepherd (1921 - 1999) was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was responsible for the Christmas classic film, "A Christmas Story" (1983).
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