Is our breed developing Kyphosis? - Page 5

VK, my comment on the athleticism was in response to Armani saying "There is absolutely no doubt that the German Shepherd of today...which ever side of the fence you sit on - is far more athletic and can perform a magnitude of tasks in comparison to the dogs of the 30's and 40's and so on!!!" 

It had nothing to do with the Seiger show courage test, which is a separate issue.

 

Well I'm still not convinced.  We have a wolf skeleton and a picture of a dog in the 30's hanging off someone's arm.  I've provided a picture of my dog's spine which shows no abnormalities that would prevent the dog from working and being athletic, and I can get a picture of him dangling off a bitesuit out the window if that would help.  Where is the evidence that GSDs of today are not as valuable as working dogs?  It seems they are still the breed of choice as far as law enforcement and military.  I see a good number that are in SAR and are active Service Dogs.  On Friday I was bored and was browsing around the 'net looking for pics to make a "working dog" screen saver.  I found some AMAZING pictures of GSDs at work.  I ended up spending several hours looking at photos and reading captions about working dogs all over the world.

the short answeri s no.

Rik

I think Brittany has stumbled upon the missing weinergate photo.

Good grief.....

a lot of the difference is in the way the dogs are stacked......

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all the same dog, but his topline looks quite different in each photo.

Sitasmom
The dog has the same arch in the back in all 3 photo's.  The stack increases the angle front to back, but does not change the shape of the back.

Somewhat oddly I prefer the overall line when a dog is in the stacked position, it looks as though it 'fits' (flows) more than when a dog is standing at ease or just walking.  I am guessing that this is your (beautiful) dog, so I hope I don't cause offence.