Critique Orwell pls - Page 1

I know nothing about what makes a Perfect GSD so take my opinion with a box of salt. It's pretty subjective anyway. What one likes another may not. His face is pretty and love his markings. I have a tall slender boy (the one in my avatar in fact) who is solid black with the awesome brown legs and I love it. To me he looks like he could lose a few pounds but maybe his coat is just really thick or the Angle in which the photo is taken. His neck looks real thick and I don't see much of a tuck. Love his head shape and profile in that last photo though. This is my amateur opinion.

He used to have a smoother topline, now I see the withers area more defined and the neck more defined, sometimes when I look at his topline I see 4 independent parts, the neck, the withers, the back and the tailset, is that a fault? Please do not let this deter you from your own critique.
I see better thigh, stronger hocks, better underline and tighter feet but straighter pasterns (cat pasterns), am I correct?

Here is the older critiques

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/forum.read?mnr=27446

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/bulletins.read?mnr=449592

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/bulletins.read?mnr=467514

Ibrahim

His weight is 37 kgs and withers height 63.5 cms, his coat is very thick and rough.

I hope you dont take this personally , but I think many dogs of today could loose some weight

a dog should be slender rather a few pounds of than the other way around .


I think to he could loose some weight , he is though a beutiful dog

this is my female and I keep her very slim most of the time


I like the pics where he is more slim but a beutiful dog

Myret,

On the contrary, I appreciate you taking the time to offer an honest opinion, the good thing about hearing other's opinions is owner opens his eyes to things he does not notice 

He's a nice looking dog Ibrahim.  Pasterns look perfect to me, top line could be a little smoother, but I have a feeling many toplines are touched up in pictures, if not all of them on V or VA dogs, tail carriage looks good.  I love his head, ear set, eyes could be darker (unless that is just the sun shining in them).
He has a calm confident expression, not sure if he is either though ?

It is hard to see his feet in those pictures, but you certainly know and I explicitly trust your opinion.

As for being over weight, that is also hard to tell in pictures, especially a dog that has a thick coat, and if the picture is from a distance.  I know some think many dogs are overweight, and that is true, but many are underweight in my opinion too.

Thanks RS for the detailed opinion, he is a confident dog, in inner quality he is the best male I owned, he is very close to the description of good quality working line GSD, I tell you also I got him from non-famous Czech breeder "I'm certain you've never heard of" and his parents are "non-famous" and I'm certain you never heard of them, lol and in regards to price he was the lowest price I paid for a puppy euro 400 +shipping, but he turned out the best out of all the males and females in character and temperament, 

Just as it may look ................... the dog resembles that of the older style GSD/DSH ......... As you said the dog weighs 37 kg which equates to 81.4 lbs. I am willing to bet that with his coat being so thick and coarse that if you wet him down with water you will see much more taper in the body ..I actually thought the dog weighed much more till I seen what you had posted .... I have had a couple dogs like in the past and looks are decieving with this type of coat ................ granted he is a blocky type of dog, but it is not typical to exactly what is seen here ................. Nice dog ! How does he work ?   Greg 

Ibrahim,
  Very striking in appearance.  I agree completely with Red sable. Unless one is able to actually put their hands on a dog, it can be hard to say if the dog is overweight or not.  From my first observation I can honestly see why some would say he is over weight. However we own one with the same type of coat.  In pictures he looks like he is very overweight, but once you get hands on, he is not at all overweight.  A coat like you describe can really fool you.

I am a firm believer that NO dog should be judged solely, by pedigree or whether his breeder is well known or not.   Not unless the dog is going to be used for breeding should a pedigree or other things be a factor in the success of the dog as a working candidate.  DOG FIRST!!

Regardless, all that REALLY matters is if you like your dog.  Remember, he is your dog, no one bought him for you, no one feeds him for you, and in the end a responsible owner ends up cleaning up after his own dog.   If you are happy with him, than nothing else matters...

Oh by the way, did I mention, I really like the physical looks of Orwells.  Can't go more into details because he appears to be the type of dog that needs to have a hands on, before an accurate critique can be given. And that is my honest opinion. Enjoy your gorgeous dog!