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 Author, Dog Breeder Paul D. Strang, 90
 
 
   Paul D. Strang, 90, a dog breeder, American Kennel Club judge and author of books about Great Pyrenees, Shar-Peis and other breeds, died Feb. 2 at George Washington University Hospital. He had heart ailments.
 
  Mr. Strang wrote a number of dog books after moving to the District from Bluemont, Va., in the late 1970s and had judged dog shows around the world. He was former owner of Bluemont's Castellan Kennels, which he established in the 1930s at his family's residence, High Windham. His mother had also bred dogs there.
 
  Mr. Strang learned about Great Pyrenees when he was a student in Paris after World War I. The large, white, shaggy dogs were originally used in the mountains between Spain and France to protect flocks and property against wolves, bears and other predators. Mr. Strang bought his first dog from a mountaineer in the Pyrenees and went on to become an international expert on the breed.
 
  He helped found the Great Pyrenees Club of America and later was one of the first in the United States to import another rare breed, the wrinkle-coated Shar-Pei, from China.
 
  He was also a member of the Senior Conformation Judges Association. He co-founded a magazine, the International Great Pyrenees Review, and was an author of books including "The Complete Great Pyrenees," "The White German Shepherd Book" and books on Shar-Peis and puppies.
 
  Mr. Strang was a native of Columbus, Ohio. Fluent in French and Spanish, he worked as a translator in Paris as a young man.
 
  Later in life, after moving from rural Virginia to Georgetown, he became a well-known figure along Wisconsin Avenue and other streets, where he often strolled. He volunteered with the seniors programs at Georgetown's St. John's Episcopal Church and with AmeriCorps.
 
  His wife, Edith Strang, died in the late 1970s.
 
  There are no immediate survivors.