That's not completely true - there are two Danish Famous Five films (go adventuring again/get into trouble) of the late sixties/early seventies, in which an Alsatian was used for Timmy. Ah right, I haven't seen those! It definitely makes sense, having a bigger, more fierce-looking dog playing the r...

Timmy is described as a large, brown mongrel - I've always imagined him as a Labrador/Alsatian cross. The Alsatian genes would make him such a good guard dog and protector of the children, but he's also got the gentle nature of the Labrador. The dogs used in the film and TV series' never seemed a go...