The decline of the German Shepherd character - Page 62

That helper falls  over that Showlinedog looks more serious than it realy is

Is Gucci sold from  Belgium to USA  Haz ?

175946 very good post love that the most versatile dog on the planet

i actually got excited when i read your post.And thats the first post that has made me feel this way .I new this before i read it but its nice to know other people still believ this. i am still of the believe that money is still the reason their is a lot of dog out their that don't reach any standards .Poor breeding to any dog for financial gain will always destroy any breed .The people who breed for this reason should be ashamed and boycott .if you have any pride in yourself and the G.S.D .Do not let the most versatile dog on the plantet become a rummier weather show line ,work line keep your interiority and we will always have a dog to be proud of

big, stupid expression, horrible conformaation thaat so many people like, hideous hock-walker, very weak in the rear.

gets jammed in the bite work and decoy falls over feet, crowd goes wild. watch him walking, just not right for a dog, can not be good in the long term.

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getting jammed and idiot decoy falls over his feet;

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i bet we can get 100 pages out of this without even trying to be nasty! 1,2,3, go

Unless Mento's owner asked for a PDB critique on this dog, it might not be appropriate to call him horrible things like....

big, stupid expression, horrible conformaation thaat so many people like, hideous hock-walker, very weak in the rear.

gets jammed in the bite work and decoy falls over feet, crowd goes wild. watch him walking, just not right for a dog, can not be good in the long term.

If you can't offer a critique in a constructive manner, then present your own dogs for bitework and conformation, not a dog that belongs to someone else without the owner's permission.  

When I brought this dog up it was because I had just seen the video.  I did not expect a vitriolic attack on the dog.  Blitzen is right in his comments.

Having been responsible for this error of judgement on my part I apologise to the owners of Mentos and point out the following

1 There was no hesitation on the dogs part in any attack

2 The helper held the sleeve tight to his body when the dog took his bite  causing his body to crash into the helpers legs and take him off balance.  The sleeve was not offered to the dog during the attack.

3 The dog kept a firm grip on the sleeve at all times until called out which he did on first command

4 The dog kept his eye on the helper at all times including after the bite, the walk to the judge and on the way out.  The dog maintained his attention to the threat at all times.

If you look at the movement of the dog from behind it is quite clear that the dog is  100% sound.   Also he is not a hideous hock walker and he has a good masculine expression.

For me, this is a dog that went about his work in a quiet competent manner and with a minimum of fuss.

I hope that there will be no further vitriolic posts on this dog.

Mackenzie

Mac, I'm sure you had the best intentions in mind when you posted Mento's name for comments. One wouldn't think that it wouldn't be necessary to advise adults to be constructive in their critiques. It would be assumed.

...the sires ability to transmit his traits to the offsprings depends on his homozygosity, either by descent or by type.  Every generation the genes keeps on reshuffling, and even in full siblings the genetic make up is not identical.  If a certain physical trait is monogenic or influenced by a single gene action that follows a mendelian pattern of inheritance, and is expressed according to dominance, they will be easy to understand.  These genes have a genetic symbol and specific locus or location in the chromosomes.

...On the other hand, structure and behavior are mostly polygenic (multiple gene inheritance), or influenced by the interaction of several genes.  They have no genetic symbol and no specific location in tthe chromosomes.  These are additive in nature, like mating an agressive male and female over several generations will produce lines with aggresive behavior.  And, mating over angulated hind leg males and females for several generations will have the same result.  It is a matter of "breeding towards" or selection standard.

...some of these changes in structure and behavior is also caused by mutation.  In this case, if it is identified, they will be assigned a genetic symbol.

Duke you subscribe to 1+1 =2 genetics which completely disregards genetic facts and rules and. VK just because it is illogical to some does not men that is is not so. To me for example it is illogical to vote 2x for Obama   yet the fact is that he is president. In another words logic is not only science with enters into the play. There are also rules  and natural laws of genetics which comes into the play. If you omit that part of the equation then you are just misinform performer of breeding. That is one reason for decline of the breed. Many breeders do not take time to learn . They think if they throw together 2 great dogs. Right? Make sense. After all  1+1=2. LOL 

 Also for duke to say that:"....  and only on the sires line, without any concern tho whom and how they were bred to for 10 generations," This just proves that you keep forgetting that every dog on a pedigree has male line. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Thus statement like you just made is not just illogical but also contradictory.

I will siplify all this for you by real example.  Speaking of Rolf here is something to ponder. If you do not think that a dog can have tremendous influence 10 generations forward and more,.. than answer me this . Where did the missing testicles come from in a breeding of sire and dam who had Rolf in the background  in  a male line 10 generations ago. After all for those 10 generations no one had bred any dogs with missing testicles. According to 1+1=2 genetics that fault should be gone. Right? But IT IS NOT! Go figure!

 Now what is applicable to faults is applicable to other characteristics. To deny that is well,.... not correct. 

VK WHAT U SHARE ON THIS THREAD IS NOT AN OPINION ITS A VENDETTA .I SEEN YOUR DOG ON A VIDEO ON ANOTHER POST .DON'T THROUGH STONES .I THINK YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON MOST MATTERS IS VERY LIMITED .IM SAYING YOUR STUPID BUT NOT CLEAVER EIDER U ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION GET WHAT U WANT OUT OF THE POST. AND THEN YOU SALUTER ANYONE THAT HAS AN OTHER OPPINNE.BUT NOT WITH FACTS WITH BULLSHIT I RECON U THINK YOUR DOG IS THE MAN AND HE PROBABLY IS TO YOU .THESE BECAUSE YOU KNOW NO BETTER YOU DON'T LISTEN YOU WILL NEVER LEARN .I ASKED YOU IN AN EARLY POST HOW OFTEN DO U VISIT OTHER CLUBS YOU NEVER ANSWERED  IM ON TO YA PAL