What have they done to my beloved breed - Page 1

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I know this dog is not positioned right, but is this what is being bred these day for highline dogs?  I am sorry but that is not what I would call a German Shepherd Dog.

Not trying to make fun but was an ad on top of page and I was shocked

Rebecca

yep, we are seeing more and more dogs posted like this that are referred to has "promising, top show, or beautiful".  but hey, as long as the judges continue to put that in the ribbons, they will keep breeding them.

looks like the dog has been kicked up the butt...that is not normal for any dog...

It didn't say he's ever won anything, so I'm sure he's never won a ribbon.

Has anyone ever seen a judge put up a dog like that?

I'm going to play devil's advocate. I have a pup here right now. I took her picture when I picked her up and it came out looking a lot like that! She has quite a bit of rear angulation and when she bunches up her body it looks awful. Now, when she stacks herself naturally, her topline is very beautiful, unbroken, and not too severe at all.

That said, I would not buy a dog with a topline like the one pictured.

Your beloved breed?

What did they do??      You mean breeder's?

The dog might not be standing just right but that is one sad looking dog in my opinion.

Someone is breeding them aren't they.

I'm glad one dog doesn't define the breed.

Every ad say's top dog, best of the best, super this and that..

Don't believe everything you read.  I would tell anyone who read's these ad's buyer beware.

JMO

ican not   believe any one would condone doing that to a dog.we should all say no to this disfiguring of the breed not to mention the discomfort it could bring to that type of structure.i say no no no good .

Where I come from we call them rump-rollups.  Typically a nightmare when sidegaiting.  The only time I ever saw a normally conformed GSD do this was when a male was exposed to a bitch in heat right before he got excited.  This can cause hunching up for a brief time but this is most like a seruious fault of roach back (sometimes called carp back or arch back--a very serious fault).

Frankly,The gsd has been sold out.I would like to put my Minnie Mouse ears on and track every SOB that produced a litter that led to this pour soul and by god I would shut them down...and kick their ass!Bigtime!! as well as some others.yep I am in a piss and vinegar mood.So many breeds have been sold out.Then bred and they have mutated by comformaty(sp) standards...because people based their dollar living on them.All the money went into the bank.The ones that just dive into into working(variables) just did the same. and forgot the beloved shepherd.This is over and over again...! Dont worry about this dog..I just hope he has a happy life even though he is crippled which is obvious.Who knows maybe someone in the USA sold him this dog and said you could make big bucks.Just as the germans etc sell here ...to just get by. etc etc etc.

I am a show type person,but that picture is horrid.The front looks like it is joined to another dog's rear.SAD! SAD! SAD! Lets hope it is just bad handling of the dog,and that is not what the dog really looks like!!!!!! liz