Comments/Critique on this bitch please - Page 5

Pics?  Am I missing something?  Did you post them elsewhere?  Feel free to post them here.  I'm just glad neither of you were seriously injured.  You two take care!

Steve! Are you okay? Write me later. I am working a lot for the holidays, but I will make some time tonight to write you back. Was the accident right before training? Man I hope your back feels better. Two back injuries in two months is NOT good. I hope you feel better soon dear. Email me later. Love ya, and hope you feel better
Stacy
PS I heard a rumor about a puppy... let me know if it's true :-)

Hi Deb
Here is the car But the insurance man came round as i was posting with some very bad news, It seems the Belgian Guy gave false information on the documents not even his telephone number is right, Now i only have a small insurance as from this year owing to the car being 5 years old and the insurance said it was not worth a big full Insurance, i only knew this an hour ago so it seems i have to pay for the damge to our Car, where from i do not know it is a bit of a shock for i guess it will cost around 4.000 euros to repair, So deep trouble ahead for us two Fellows
Steve1

 

Steve what rotten news!  The bastard, pardon my language but that really pisses me off.  Guess you should have decked him when you had the chance.  You weren't able to get his tag number?  This is just awful.  I wish there was something I could do to help.  I just have to keep thinking at least Izzy Bitch wasn't involved.  Know that a lot of folks on here will be sending good thoughts your way.

Deb

jayne241...WTF?

Deb
Yes, but i should have been more aware, of what he was putting down, but we were shook up a bit but that should not have come into it, However it is no good saying what would happen to him should we meet again for that is never going to happen, So we must make the best of it,
I am thankful the dogs were not hitched on the back thats it the main thing.  Today i hope to find out just how much it will cost me then a vist to the Bank Manager is the only way out and hope i can get him on my side, Training is out at the Dog clubs until we get it back,  as this little loan car they gave us has no towbar on it so we will have to wait to train the Pups
Steve1

I'm hoping that the bank manager sees things your way and helps you get that loan you need to fix up your car.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and also that it doesn't cost too terrible much.  What goes around comes around so we know that sooner or later that lying scum will get his.  I wonder if there isn't some kind of temporary tow bar you can have installed on the loaner for very little money... something to think about.  Give the pups a squeeze for me & I'm sending a hug your way!
Deb

Adolescence is a time period when many GSDs, like teenage children, can be lean awkward, leggy, and sometimes even downright ugly.  However if they were balanced as young puppies, they usually regain that balance.  A 14 month old has a LOT of developing yet to do.  Generally an adolescent GSD gains most or all of its height by that age, but will continue to gain substance, breadth, bone, etc up until at LEAST 3 years of age.  I've seen some males not really reach their peak of mature masculinity until they were 4 or 5.

There is a small dip behind the withers of every GSD that is the natural spot where the vertebrae reverse direction (pointing forward vs pointing backward). 

Regarding her color, the multicolored mixture you're noticing is normal to see in a dog whose black area is receding as it grows up.  (This bitch appears she is going to be most likely what's often called a "blanket" pattern dog although I've seen a few who were blanket patterned at 2 years of age, end up being saddle pattern at 4.)

The tan generally richens as the dog matures (although richness of pigment is affected by seasonal coat changes and a coat full of dead hair will be dull comparred to the same dog after being shed out.)

As far as trying to critique structure, one must also consider the style of dog and purpose.  German show style differs from American show style.  German working line dogs differ from both of the forementioned show styles.  You state she is from show lines but I didn't see any pedigree info or link to any.  She appears to be an American show style dog, typical of dogs I've seen with Schneiderhof lines in the pedigree or Hoheneichen in the pedigree. 

The "bitch stripe" refers mostly to the silvering in the coat on the withers and to varying degrees down the neck and the spine.  This silvering does definitely tend to be be much  more obvious in bitches than in males.  It can even appear although usually not in as much quantity of hairs, in bicolor dogs. 

In sables the silvering of the bitch stripe isn't noticeable since the silvering merely blends in with  the agouti banding and varying shades of color in the sable coat .

GSDGenetics
Thank you for your comments.  Here is a link to her pedigree.
Deb

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/578919.html