Swearing by high intensity exercise. - Page 3

Yogi
How can you see definition from a far away pic? And only a completely biased person will not see what im saying about the first pic with the dog running towards me.
Bob: she is 33 months and we feed Abady's Elevated Stress and maintainence formula. She exercises on sand but most grass doing about 25-30 200 m ball chases and some with some low obstacles. The rest between each interval is very short ( less than 1 0 secs ) at least 4 days a week and other days we do 1 hr walks in the forest. Like I said the push off from the repeated sprints has caused a lot of bulking in the rear thigh and the forced sudden stopping as the dog overtakes the moving ball has been very helpful in causing the dog's body to couple ( rear and front ) tighly together ; this happens because as the dog stops from high speed the front stops first but the momentum of the rear continues. The muscles alongside the last 1/3 of the spinal column dampens the motion of the rear to bring the enite body to a halt. This constant dampening causes the back muscles to develop very firmly. The net result is that when the dog walks the body looks tightly coupled ( which I dont see in many GSDs) and the rear leg does not have that " squatty " natural resting position which many GSDs seem to have ( and looks like weakness in the rear legs ).
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@ bob : this is some SPECIFIC  details of the food.

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Mithuna a photo from a short distance will show definitions from all the body

I just fail to see how a dog who will bring back a ball more times than any one to three people can throw it is unique. I have two of those myself. One has bulkier muscles than the other, but then there is an eight year difference in their ages, too. Again, a well muscled, well-fed healthy dog is something we all, as devoted dog lovers strive for and can accomplish without extraordinary measures.

I suppose since the OP must make extra effort to get his dog off the bed it might just seem to be something of a special routine.

Beetree
I have seen many a GSDs including those in NYPD when walking with a very uncoupled body and when standing at rest the rear legs looks quite " squatty " as if weak.This is a common sight. And btw there are many dogs including GSDs that has no real to very little interest in the thrown ball.

Bee show us pics of the dog and let us see what you are talking about ( bulk)

@yogi
"Mithuna a photo from a short distance will show definitions from all the body"
It is difficult to see muscularity in any breed ( GSD or otherwise ) that is covered with substantial hair unless that muscularity is significantly developed.

Excuses for not being able to train your dog to stand for a proper photo that can be critiqued by expert eyes (which can be assumed to be what you are asking for by posting in the first place) are about as weak as the hearsay examples of "dogs I've seen" to illustrate a conclusion if your dog possesses uniqueness of physique due to exercise, high intensity or otherwise.

I was not no loking for a conformation critique...dog is already mechanically sound. I am interested in physical conditioning and muscular development in the GSD. No need to infer from my words. GSDs with weakly coupled bodies and " squatty " rear stance are " dime a dozen ". I am just making the point that high intensity exercises which involve quick stopping and turning develops the back muscles which in turn leads to tight coupling and high intensity thrusts by the rear legs from an inert position puts a lot of bulk into the dog's tight. High intensity running over an incompetent surface such as sand forces the tendons above and below the hock joint to constantly have to compensate for the anticipation of instability ( cause by the surface's incompetence). The result is the hock joint firms and straightens up ).
So maybe some " newbie " who are having these issues can have some understanding of how to produce a desired effect and why the particular cause ( of that effect ) advocated makes sense.

Lol
You can tell by pic #2 that she's fat, even though you tried hard to hide it. Bwa ha ha ha

Her leg looks less muscular than the dogs I DON'T work every day.

Nice try!

Melba
show us a close up or whatever you want of your dog's thigh. Corroborate your testimon y with a pic.