Critique my dog - Page 1

Hello all,

I would like to hear your opinions on my dog's structure and overall appearance.
Apart from obvious (he is coated), I would like to hear your knowledgeable critique.
In these pictures he is couple of days short of 5 months old.
Please note: I did not stack him (never did this in my life), this was his natural stance. Pictures and his stance are not perfect as they were taken from my phone camera. Hopefully you will be able to comment on his structure and overall appearance. I am not planning to compete in any show with him.

Thank you for your comments.

Nice looking male puppy, nice substance and good size so far, gorgeous head, nice topline, good angulations in the fore and hind, good hocks, pasterns will strengthen as he grows up, good tight feet, allover a very nice looking puppy with beautiful rich pigment, looks healthy and happy. Only thing for a 5 month puppy I was expecting him to be a little higher in height. Enjoy him.

Ibrahim

he is very beautiful similar to my girl          your dog looks very proud and very clever just beautiful

He has a really nice head, but he seems a little small.

Thank you all for your inputs and critique so far.

As for him being small - I am not sure you might be right on that one - he is around 42-43 pounds right now - he is on ACANA Large Breed Puppy being feed 3 times a day following a specific food portion sizing developed for him by Champion Petfoods LP (maker of ACANA and Orijen) Customer Care representative and it is as following (goal was to have him around 88 lbs as an adult):

Weight of Puppy		Large Breeds German Shepherd Rottweiler
kg	lbs	40kg as Adult
10	22	2 1/2 cups (300 g)
20	44	3 1/3 cups (400 g)
25	55	3 ¼ cups (450 g)
30	66	4 2/3 cups  (560 g)
35	77	3 ¾ cups (450 g)
40	88	3 1/2 cups  (420 g)*

He might be a late bloomer when it comes to size - who knows - maybe he is following the "slow but sure" growing line.

P.S. Right now he is being feed 3.5 cups per day - I guess I am cheating this recommended feeding chart a little bit :)

I think it is just that with the angle of the photo and there being nothing to gauge his size against he looks small. If you show him against an average size person it may be a different story.

It would be nice to know his bloodlines.  Is it possible that the hair around his jowels and ears could disappear after his first real shedding?  Just wondering.   ecs

I wouldn't say he looks small, given that he is a few days shy of 5 months old, well...he's still 4 months old then and looks size appropriate for 4 months.  
He looks a tad short in height but his head and bone look fairly large to me, and he is slightly on the chunky side.  Makes me think that he is on the verge of having a growth spurt.  
He is a very nice looking pup, like Ibrahim says, good angulation, good topline, handsome head, good feet/hocks/pasterns, etc.  For his age, there is nothing that I would point out as a fault.  He looks like he's going to be a very handsome dog with good masculine expression.  
Why not show him?  If you are in the USA you can show him in UKC and in UScA or WDA long coat classes. 

In two weeks, take some more photos of him (with at least one person in the pics) and post them here again.  

From what you're saying he doesn't seem small. It must just be the angle. I like the hair, kinda looks like a lion's mane in the first pic, too cute.