OT - Be warned ... it's a GSD! - Page 1

You know, since I think we can turn things around and say that "OT posts" on this particular part of the website are the ones about the dogs.

Here are some pictures from my girl's Sch I back in May.  Just a few fun OB pictures.  There is no real progression of the pictures, I figure anyone who does Schutzhund can tell at points she is in the progression.  I really was proud of her, especially given how small she is but we have a lot of work ahead of us for the two.

Still, she looks like a real GSD with a dumbbell in her mouth!

Great Job!

She looks plenty big to me especially for a female.

Best of luck with your 2

emily & barret

Thank you!!

Truth is she is tiny, I don't think she's ever cracked 60lbs and though I never put a measuring tape to her, she's probably barely at bitch standard.

Still I adore her for the fire she brings out on the field (our Sch I was as much her drive and smarts making up for my inexperience...) and the gentleness she shows at home.

But unfortunately she's one of those small, ugly, straight backed working line dogs.

RLHAR,
Great post OT or not...:)
Really good photography for action shots.


Size?
She doesn't look small, she looks great.

Moons.

Thank you, Moon!!! ;)

All joking aside, she is very small for a GSD.  As I said above she's never cracked 60lbs ( her ideal weight is around 57lbs) and if she does meet minimium standard height it would be by the tallest hair on her withers only.  If you look at her pedigree, her dam was small also.

But this is one of the -many, many!!- reasons she is spayed and my work partner not a breeding prospect.

Still people get on about oversized dogs are the 'pets' and how working line dogs (especially Czech bred) are these viscious monsters and I just glance over to where she's getting pwned by the cats in the house and putting up with my 5 year old son crawling all over her at meals times.

She's vicious I tell you, simply vicious.

My bitch Maddy seemed large when I first had her but now she seems small compared to my male.
She's the smallest of my two females but she rules the roost.
The weight of the heart makes up for the inches.
I don't worry to much about large or small as long has they have the heart.

*Nodnods*

I agree.

My girl is a good family dog but also has enough drive and eagerness for the work that she has been a lovely introduction to the sport of Schutzhund for me.  I couldn't have asked for a better first GSD.

lol

The way I think about it is less weight to throw over the jumps and less weight that lands on the other side

My boy is also small about 68-70 lbs depending on the season (Barret's motto is: Though he but little he is fierce)

I bet she's quick too

Nice pics, I've seen her and she is the right size for a female GSD.  She's a great dog, good luck with her. 

Jim

Nice job and nice dog!