What is the official height now for a german shepherd according to SV? - Page 2

The graded height for a Male should not be any more than 65cms and not less than 60 cms
The Height for a Female is no more than 60cms, and not less than 55 cms, according to the SV

Steve1

male 60-65cm female 55-60cm at the shows and the breed survey all depends at the overall structure and movement. so plus/minus 1cm from the above doesn't really matter. most of VA dogs before 2008 were 65cm+ most working dags are 65cm+

The criteria is as said above, whether or not a Judge will waive that  a cm one way or the other is any bodies guess, seems they do I have no problems myself she is 57.5 cms
Steve1

the SV standard re height as far as i,m aware of is as follows.FEMALE 57.5cm + or minus 2.5cm,MALE 62.5cm+ or minus 2.5cm.so the correct size for a female is 57.5 and males 62.5.Carole S.

Noddi
If what you say is correct, then my Izzy is spot on the mark 57.5cms
Steve1

hiya Steve.well i haven,t heard that the SV has actually CHANGED the height requirements,so as far as i,m concerned the SV.standard that appeared in our last breed council handbook is correct.i think ppl.assume its changed coz the judges in all european countries were placing animals who were top size,and slightly oversize,in the top positions.thats why imo.some have said females 55-60,males 60-65 +/-1cm.your female to me is the absolute correct height.my female was measured(60cms)and i was surprised as she is classed at our shows ,here in the UK.,as being either medium/over medium size when in fact she is top size.quite a lot of both sexes here are way oversize so therefore a correct sized animal is classed as small.not many judges measure over here,especially at our general champ.shows.cant say whether they,ve measured at breed club shows as i havent attended many but at the ones i have attended they havent.we,ll have to see wot happens in 2011 when i,m gonna try to attend some breed club championship shows.Carole Spelman.

"the SV standard re height as far as i,m aware of is as follows.FEMALE 57.5cm + or minus 2.5cm,MALE 62.5cm+ or minus 2.5cm.so the correct size for a female is 57.5 and males 62.5."

Uh, no.  Anywhere within the range is perfectly acceptable.

Ibrahim

Thank you for correcting my error .I sincerely appreciate it.I dont know why I said inches.

"65 inches,I am almost sure,maybe someone will confirm", that would be classic.  You wold be able to saddle him up and trott around the ring.  We would have to teach Shaq how to catch dogs, LOL


Kyle

Delsamum, no big deal it was obvious you meant cms.

Ibrahim