Comments/Critique on this bitch please - Page 2

Jransmom,
Your yard sounds like mine. Most of my little trees have not survived and I have an all dirt back yard now LOL Still wouldn't trade them for the world :-)

Stacy

DebiSue,

I looked again and again at her, searching for negatives, she is good, rather very good, there is nothing really wrong in her as far as I can see, but maybe since you asked (the pigmentation could be better I mean richer), if I may put it this way, her pigmentation does not catch my eye.

Ibrahim

I will say again, I'm no expert and not being disagreeable to you Ibrahim :-)  ...but I think her saddle is nice and dark and I also like her dark face... She's not that deep, rich red, but I still like her...just my opinion, not being confrontational :-)

Stacy

Stacy,

I am sure you know better than me to critique her, I am learning, when I see a GSD I can know, I feel if it is good (beautiful) or not and honestly I see her good and beautiful, the moment I looked at her picture I felt and saw  how good her neck, croup and tail set, if you ask me technically what is good about these three issues I may not be able to explain but they caught my eye immediately, I think these three are the best things in her structure which does not mean other parts are not good.
When DebiSue asked what I don't like about her I had to look further and dig deeper, I couldn't find anything wrong or anything not beautiful or does not go properly with her allover image, but again I felt the pigmentation could have been more beautiful and more rich. That's honestly what I feel and not what I know for sure as again I am a learner not a master. DebiSue,
If I was to use my better senses I would totally agree with Stacy and second her opinion as I know she knows better than I do.

Sincerely
Ibrahim

Ibrahim.
I really don't know, and I do try to look at the standard and read a lot of pedigrees. I am learning too, and I am very new to this myself. Don't let my opinion have you second guess yourself. I don't know any better than you :-)
I just went by the same method you did. I didn't mean to come off like an expert.  I apologize if I did. I just know what I personally like ;-)
Stacy

I cannot say anything negative about her She is a fine looking Girl, has good muscles looks to be a balanced young Dog, and in good condition plus she looks to be a sturdy little Dog, and when she finishes growing she will be the Deb of the Training Field,
Steve1

She is just perfect, everything you could ask for in working line female (structure wise). Not over angulated, beautiful head, nice proportion (she is little bit longer than I would want but so is my female). She looks tall let me guess 24.5 inches? She is the same proportion my female is and I absolutely love the structure, plus it dose deliver a lot of power and explosiveness. Same thing as in my female i would prefer if she would be shorter by about 5% I believe this prevents back issues in a future especially if you going to work her as extensively as my female is. Good luck with her.

Thanks again everyone! 
Good eye Stacy.  She is standing a little eastie-westie.  Sometimes she does that, sometimes she is very straight and sometimes she looks as if she doesn't know which way she is headed they turn out so far.  Not sure what to think of that except I read on here once that as she matures her chest should widen and that will hopefully fix it.  I would like her to be a little wider as she is very narrow.  I look at some working line dogs and they are much wider across the back.

Ibrahim, 

She does have an odd color to her.  Her tan is a little richer than it shows in the pics but it most definetly is not red.  Her legs are cream on the inside, tan on the outside.  Her blanket is shrinking to a saddle but she has the funniest color on her thighs, hair that looks like a wolf's as it is multi-colored with black, grey, red & tan.  Her saddle is very black & shiny but I am noticing the beginning of the bitch stripe I think.  I keep thinking of how a sable changes colors forever it seems.  Hard to say what she will end up looking like.  I was hoping she would stay mostly black but alas, that doesn't seem to be in the cards.

snajper69,

Thanks for the nice words.  I haven't measured her so I'm not sure how tall she is but she is tall.  You are not the first to compare her to working lines but she is actually out of showlines which probably explains her length...she is rather long and it is most noticeable when she is lying down with her back to me...it just seems to go forever.

Steve she is sturdy and she can yank me off of my feet if I'm not paying attention!

Thanks again everyone.  I appreciate your honest comments and kind words.

Deb

 

Lol she is showline? Than she is one good looking showline ;) one thing that I did noticed just now it seems that her muzzel is bit narrow, but it could be just the picture (compression will do that to a picture some times).

snajper69,

No, your eyes don't deceive you, she does have a somewhat narrow muzzle.   Someone once commented that she would make a good can opener but it seems to be getting heavier looking as she matures so I'm happy with it.  She just has a feminine head according to others.  And just so you know, not only is she showline but she is backyard bred (GASP!)  We bought her before we knew any better.  The breeder has both parents on site and he breeds them once a year for extra income.  We had her hips x-rayed at 6mo and the vet was very happy with them.  Good and tight.  We'll see at 2years. The breeder says all the right words but doesn't cooperate with me in regards to photos of the parents so I can put them on her pedigree.  He won't share info on the buyers on the other pups (8) in the litter and we really would like to know what has happened to them.  We even asked him to pass on our phn# but no has called so I doubt he passed it on.  Live and learn.  We bought her for a pet but her prey drive is out of this world so I looked up the local Schutzhund club to give her something to do besides tear up my house.  She loves it!!  So do I for that matter.  You can look at her pedigree for what it's worth.  Look under Morgan's Echo of Airin.  If she manages to stay healthy & doesn't lose her drive I hope to take her to her Schutzhund III title.  Despite everything wrong with what we did, we seem to have lucked out in many ways.

Deb