Conformation Critique Please - Page 1

Hello All,

Well, here's the little girl at almost 11 months old! As SchHBabe and many others requested, I too would like a conformation critique, please. Would she be a KKL1 or 2? What would her show rating be? How could I improve my stacking of her? I appreciate all feedback, and please, be honest...fluffy, super sweet critisim doesn't do me good, Believe me, my ego's big enough just owning her! Thanks all, and remember, I didn't touch this photo, this is EXACTLY the way my camera took it, I only made it smaller to load.

THANKS GUYS!

Naya von der haus Cimmerian at 11 months old

Sorry, haven't touched the picture, minus my watermark

i dont know anything about ratings but i do think shes a beauty! im sure my beast would fall in love

~julie~

What a pretty dog.  I no expert on confirmation so I'll leave that to the pros.  :)

I can comment on your stack a little bit.  Her head should be facing forward for a complete profile.  On her back legs the one furthest away needs to be a bit further forward and maybe placed a bit more under her.  And her front legs too need to be a bit more under her.  You can sometimes lift up her front end to get that affect. 

JMHO

Nice female - good dark pigment, good top line, good expression, with good ear set, tail hangs nicely and good bone

 Her front feet are to foward (could be the angle) Like to see her on hard surface to see feet, head turn so we can she a good profile of her

I like her too - very "DDR type" so if you do show her, make sure the judge is "working line friendly" - Herr Wilfreid Scheld for instance, he likes the big-headed dark sable DDR type dogs, or at least doesn't take away from them because they are not so "pretty".

Anyway her head is lovely - very strong, I expect from the side it would show a strong muzzle and overall handsome strong female head.  Her withers could be higher, at 11 months that could improve.  She is "stretched" or somewhat long in the back - also her back appears weak, it has a bit of a dip in it over her loin area.  This could also get stronger/more firm with age.  I think her croup looks good for a working line, her hind angulation looks good - as EK said she should be placed on hard surface so the feet and pasterns can be seen but I expect her feet are nice and round and upright like they should be.  Her chest will get deeper as she matures - right now she's a bit weedy but that's I think normal for her age.  Her shoulder appears straight - but that could also be the way she's standing - she is "camped out" - her front legs are out in front- they should be directly underneath her to show her shoulder and front angulation correctly.  This also makes her look longer in the back.  Looking at her now I'd expect her to G KKl-2 (nothing wrong with that) but I bet she will really improve with age - keep her lean!

molly

Here is one taken this morning, after reading what our judges would like to see. Here is a picture of her on pavement, with her head turned. Personally, I really dislike this picture, I tried my best to stack her, but it still looks like she has no angulation. Oh well, lets here what our judges have to say! Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them!!!

Here's another shot of her, on our dirtroad. Hope these shots can help with critiquing, THANKS AGAIN!

hmmm - does she have a scissor bite?  Appears she may have an overbite - if not her lower jaw needs to be more developed also.  She's also east-west (toed out) which is another thing that could correct itself as she matures.  Her shoulder angulation looks better in the new pictures, still a little upright but not too bad.  Her withers are higher too now that her front legs are positioned underneath her - back still could be stronger.  Still a nice looking dog.  I'm still guessing she'd go G KKl-2.  Or SG KKl-2 under the right judge.

molly

Molly, her overbite has fully corrected itself, only recently. See my post "Its a Miracle!" it's about her overbite correcting. I even posted a picture of her teeth. Her feet normally aren't easty westy, as you can see, I wasn't properly positioning her. This is my first shepherd, so we're still learning. I'll try to take one more, hopefully better looking than these two I just posted. Thanks for the comments!