Spartacus at 4 months...comments welcomed! - Page 1

I am not an expert on conformation or anything like that but would love thoughts. 
Thx
Anthony

Spartacus at 4 months



Spartacus at 13 weeks

I like him .. what is his pedigree??  He reminds me of some of my puppies that have Troll vom Haus Milinda in their pedigree.  I would recommend that he gets plenty of light running to keep him thin and his joints aligned properly due to strong muscles. The next 2-3 months are prime time for injuries to the bones and joints so no jumping off decks or bailing out of cars and keep him out of beat downs with larger dogs even the friendly kind.  I would limit play time with any other dogs and especially larger puppies or dogs.  Elbows can really take a beating if larger dogs put body weight on a puppy at this stage of growth.  Muscle injuries and tears can cause changes in gait that will alter joint and bone development during this crucial time.  Nice head and large ears which for most males means that their head will grow into the ears (ie he will have a big head).  Is he teething at 4 months??  Most of mine start teething at 4 months.  Too soon to tell about conformation as he has another 4 months of basic structure and skeletal growth in front of him.

Ditto the above post! That warning cannot be overstated. 

He looks very typical of those bloodlines. 

@bubba
Thank you for the advice. I really don't let him play too much with other dogs except my mom's little Jack
Russel mix as I was worried about just that, joint/muscle injuries. 
We now go for about a mile walk day and night at the park so all grass walking and many a 50/75 foot sprint that he likes to do toward the end.
We used to do more and i toned it way down.   Other than that, his energy is
let out via training and chasing the flirt pole. 
Hasn't started teething yet.......I don't think but he's always chewing on a bully stick so so not sure. He's started crying/whining/barking lately out of nowhere so maybe.

Here's his pedigree, Ajay put a great line together......i think
http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=1948650-spartacus-vom-patiala