typical of what would be expected,there are numerous examples of dogs bred this way on this site...(imo) nicley structured bitch with what i consider to be very poor coat color,which usually gets worse as they age....however,temprement,attitude,and structure should rule beyond coat type/color...i can't be subjective...i love all dogs,gsd's especially!my personal preferance is the working type...if the dog is of sound structure and displays proper GSD abilities,then i'm happy.i've seen some awesome showlines in training and on the trial field,i've also seen some working lines that were marginal at best,barely "club-level"or worse.what concerns me is the "loss of pigment" or coat color that i see in some "show-lines",yet this seems to have very little bearing when these dogs ase shown(?).as to a comment on the bloodline....equal to any pedigree that's listed here...but after viewing the pics and ped.....nothing exceptional,just good breeding of that particular type which resulted in what i consider"marginal coat color.