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by Sunsilver on 16 July 2009 - 16:07
Yeah, the German dog definitely has a longer back. I've seen some German dogs lately where the front and back halves looked like they belonged to different dogs! I've also noticed the American dogs no longer are the only hock-walkers around.
Both camps need to stop breeding for extremes in structure.
Here's a particularily bad example from the German lines:
by SitasMom on 16 July 2009 - 16:07
that bad example is gross!
by Sunsilver on 16 July 2009 - 17:07
I wonder where his female get will find room for babies, if their abdomens are as tucked up as his! And that pelvis doesn't look like it would be capable of birthing a pup without a c-section.
I certainly hope the females have larger pelvises!
by Rik on 16 July 2009 - 22:07
There is another bottle neck with Sundance Kid (a nice dog). They have nowhere else to go to try and straighten out the genetic mess they have created. Vegas is a dog with very good structure and side gait. I'm sure they think that one generation of breeding to a German dog will correct generations of one dimensional breeding (side gait). Many are in for a shock if they think the German S/L dogs can come with issues of their own.
Rik
by sueincc on 17 July 2009 - 01:07
Can you clarify what you mean by this statement? Surely you can't mean working titles, after all, this is where Am Lines went so horribly wrong in the first place.
by marjorie on 17 July 2009 - 01:07
Ouch- that hurts just looking at that :(
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by vonissk on 17 July 2009 - 03:07
by marjorie on 17 July 2009 - 03:07
Marjorie
Executive Director: New Beginnings Shepherd Rescue www.newbeginningsrescue.com 501 C3
OUR BUILDING PROJECT PHOTOS
http://gsd911.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=196
http://www.gsdbbr.org The German Shepherd Dog Breed Betterment Registry (including frozen/chilled semen database) BE PROACTIVE!
http://mzjf.com --> The Degenerative Myelopathy Support Group
by Rik on 17 July 2009 - 03:07
by Sunsilver on 17 July 2009 - 03:07
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