Cultural prejudice

During World War I, the American Kennel Club changed the name of German shepherds to simply shepherd dogs to "save the breed from prejudice." They were called Alsatian wolfdogs in Britain, then shifted to merely Alsatians until the late 1970s. More recently the Afghan Hound Club of America has debated whether the breed's name should be switched to something that would attract less attention, like 'Tazi' hound, as they are known in Afghanistan.