Strongheart
Strong Heart (actually Etzel of Oeringen / lowly / Oringen / Eringen ) ( born October 1, 1917, or 1918 in Germany; died June 24, 1929 in Los Angeles, California ) was a German Shepherd and one of the current three dogs, a star on the Walk of Fame received (as of March 2012). His breeder was the Quedlinburg indoor champion Robert Niedhardt, one of the first members of the SV (Association for German Shepherd Dogs ) local group Quedlinburg (now Hundesportverein Quedlinburg / resin 1909 eV). As the SV- Körbuch from 1925 shows next Strong Heart aka Etzel more dogs from Niedhardts breeding kennel "von Oeringen " were sold in the United States.
Strong Heart had been trained in Germany for police dog and was taken in the early 1920s by Laurence Trimble and Jane Murfin in the U.S.. There he was one of the earliest animal performer at a total of six films to use and quickly conquered the hearts of the audience. When filming in 1929, he slipped and suffered severe burns from a hot movie light. Months later, he died as a result of this injury. With a bitch called Lady Jule he had provided for offspring. Descendants of this line are still detectable today.
Aftermath
His star on the Walk of Fame is located at Building No. 1724 Vine Street in Hollywood. A dog food variety was named after Strong Heart and J. Allen Boone wrote the books Letters to Strongheart and Kinship with All Life about him.