DDR growth chart - Page 2

66 pounds is just about right for a female. They top out at 70, by the standard.

Male dogs:
Height at the withers: 60 cm to 65 cm (24 inches to 26 inches)


Weight: 30 kg to 40 kg (66lbs to 88lbs)

Female dogs:
Height at the withers: 55 cm to 60 cm (22 inches to 24 inches)


Weight: 22 kg to 32 kg (49lbs to 71lbs)

Your dog is perfectly normal , most healthy male working gsd specially DDr are around 100-105 pounds , 110-125 isn't unheard of , lots of Czech and Slovakian breed bigger dogs, absolutely ok .. gsd isn't a mali or a dutchie.. you're good and your dog isn't abnormal or anything out of the ordinary

If the Breed Standard says 65cm/88lb is the upper limit, that's it--the upper limit.

Anything above this is NOT normal.

I don,t care if the dog is green or purple or 73 cm I take him as long he is healthy and can do the job.

I,m sure a lot of good working dogs(and their bloodlines) in the past are banned because they are a few cm too big ...... One  of my previous GSD 73 cm and 82 kg FCI pedigree, . You noticed the white spot on the chest and nails  also same same ....... breeders do....

 

Windy, 1.2 calcium is the MINIMUM listed. That is essentially an almost useless figure. What's really in it and what could the maximum be are the numbers we are concerned with.

No problem really if the dog is green or purple or 73cm.

Problem is when someone claims that green or purple or 73cm is NORMAL....

 

Well in wildlife females do not worry about a few cm too big, or a white spot on the nails they don,t care its about quality.......


The problem is human /breeders are not normal in their choice its all about beauty and standards
this is one of the reason GSD become not stronger but weaker over the years with a lot of health issues and NOT normal anatomy( especial the SL)  over the years and more weaker charactars .......IMO its all about selecting.

(Not all breeders ofcourse there are some good  GSD breeders)

 

In KENNEL DOGS or House Dogs, their Dam could care less, either. 'Wild' has F all to do with it.
A white toe or two is one thing, and can often be grown out of anyway. Start talking about your pups always having soft ears, or being born with very short tails, for example, however, and just see who wants to buy from you !
Even if you can 'sell' both parents as having great hips, powerful drive and having won great points, betya you'd lose a LOT of customers for any litter you bred.

Not everybody, sure; but a load of people who want a half-way decent and definite example of the breed, as much as they want a working / competition dog.

BTW Black Mal, that K9 has exactly the same markings (white bits included) as my favourite dog on this planet had. He wasn't as hefty, though. He was about 38 kg last time I weighed him.
Still preferred my mentor's 'well bred' Show stock for conformation.

82 kg is a joke...

Black, we are talking about a BREED with a STANDARD,
and this standard includes temperament, character, health, and structure ( at least the FCI standard ).

You are right, in "wildlife" females don´t worry about size, but did you ever take a look at "wildlife dogs" all over the planet? All of them look similar, no matter the country...nature is funny...

Thinking about the huge amount of GSDs it should be no problem to "weed out" dogs not fitting the standard, be it size, temperament, health, or anything else.
Other breeds do have standards, too, although there are way less dogs around ( 1/10, sometimes 1/100, or even less of the GSD population ...).

We are not talking about a "rare" breed, we are talking about one of the most famous breeds of the world.

I think it´s more than arrogant to think a way oversized, but well working GSD is THAT SPECIAL that it has to be bred, although there are X thousands of GSDs around.

When a "breeder" is not willing or able to compare, the own dog may seem to be the best dog, but in almost all cases that´s simply not true.