GSD Stacking - Page 1

Hello! I posted a photo of my girl stacked incorrectly before (I knew it was incorrect, but I still wanted to show her off at the time), and I said I would retry and repost. Things have been busy, so I didn't get to post until just now. I think I stacked her correctly this time pretty much, but if I didn't, could someone tell me what is incorrect?

 

A good looking dog - although still not perfect, the pic is much better than your first attempt...

It´s difficult to explain in English, but the hindquarters should be more narrow to each other, not in length, but in width, same distance as the forequarters ( width of the shoulder ), and she should focus something/someone in front of her ( for the perfect pic she is too relaxed )

She is a littlebit flat in the pasterns, the croup could be longer, maybe ( not really to judge because of the stack ) the hindquarter angulation could be a tad more -
But that´s nagging on a high level.

I really like her - how´s her temperament? She is a working/showline combination, if I remember well. I´d like to see more dogs like this.

Stacking or posing a dog was developed when photography was both expensive and difficult. Personally I think stacking or posing a dog tells little as by intent the posing is done to present the best in the dog and hideany defect it is possible to hide. Video filming of moving dogs is now cheap and easily done so if the dog is to be examined critically a video clip well done is infinitely more useful.  A single posed picture in a stack configuration is two dimensional and leaves out a huge amount of information on the dog's physical features and how the dog moves.

Bubba, the OP simply wanted to show a stacked pic of the dog, nothing else.
We talked about manners on this board lately - why do you need to change any post into something negative?
I really believe you like German Shepherd dogs , and you try to make the lifes of your dogs as good as possible, but otherwise you do have serious problems with the world outside of your own universe.

Once again, good looking German Shepherd.

Well said, Susie, (as always ) - on both your posts! We need the "like" button back :)

Sorry for the wait. Her temperament is great. Everyone who meets her loves her, even her nurse made the comment that she used to dislike German shepherd dogs because one attacked her as a child, but Ilsa changed her perception. Another nurse and her vet made the comment that they "never have shepherds as cooperative as her" and that she's a treat to have in the office. They also said that they've never had a dog that was excited to go to the vet...

Also, even though I haven't been able to take her for a long time due to transportation issues, the people at my schutzhund club commented on her confidence.

That´s good news!
I hope you will have a lot of fun with her in the future.
Keep us updated.
Kind regards

Not agreeing with BS is not being critical Susie... just telling the truth. I said nothing critical of the dog or praise worthy because a stack is an artificial pose. If stacking poses were natural they would not need to be practiced and the dogs spread out and stretched into unnatural positions. Stacking ( artificial pose ) is obsolete and a poor way to judge a dog. How are the hocks positioned based on a "stack" photo and what is the width of the chest?? Do the hocks hit each other based on a stack pose??? How are the eyes and ears set. How does the dog naturally carry the tail and head and is there a twist or defect in posture, movement, ears, eyes??? Any critique based on a stack photo is incomplete because it is a two dimensional artificial pose. Dogs are not judged for confirmation based on a stack position but from movement around a ring and with the judge seeing the dog's movement and TOTAL physique. Anything judged from a two dimensional side photo is useless compared to a video clip in focus and well taken with even a cell phone camera. People who can write a half page and call the results anything but wishful thinking based on a single stack pose are kidding themselves.

Let´s summarize your opinions:
BS ( is this the shortcut for bullshit? ) =
dog clubs
SV
IPO training
trials as a whole
selling 8 weeks old puppies
vets
pharmacy
vaccinations
chemistry
pictures of stacked dogs
....
Did I forget something?

You can't forget what you don 't know Susie.