Critque Rollie - Page 1

He's horrible!!! You'd better send him here :)

Honestly I'm a sucker for bi colors and his anatomy suits my eyes. If he can work on top of that ( HIC is Awesome!) then he's definitely a keeper.

Melissa

I love the keen expression in his eyes! Beautiful dog, and looks very well built.

Deanna I also really like your dog in the avatar, gorgeous colorings and pigmentation, what breeder did you get him or her from? Absolutely precious; my favorite lines are West German like yours. :) I also like its expressive head :) What lines is he from.

Beautiful dogs everyone.

He is *very* handsome, IMO. In the stack, his foremost foot is about 2 inches too far forward, which may be making his croup look a little steeper than it really is. The foremost foot should be straight below the knee. Also I prefer side/stack pictures with the dog's mouth slightly open, so I usually throw the ball a few times so they are panting just a little.

He has a beautiful shoulder and lovely topline. The croup is somewhat short and looks steep in this picture, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is a bit better than it appears here. Looks to have nice bone, nice length of neck, nice strong ears. His head is very nice now, but will continue to improve as he finishes growing. I suspect he'll also gain quite a bit more substance in the body by the time he is 4 years old. Beautiful pigment and I love seeing a lean, young GSD with a healthy, gleaming coat like that.

Christine

GermanShepherd<3.....I have a thread called..." Ruger vom Mittelwest,,Please Critique" Thanks for the compliments..

                                  Deanna...: )

 For me cririque is a chance to learn, I will not mention the many good things about him. I only have a concern regarding what appears to be a dip in the middle of his slightly stretched back. Topline seems to me not running smoothly from neck to croup too and head is a bit on the smaller edge. It will be nice to see what others think.

Ibrahim

If you really want to know for sure what your dog's conformation is, trace a side photo of your dog on vellum and then place that tracing over the GSD standard (Oli provide it on this web site).  You will see strengths and weaknesses.  You may want to look closely at the croup and learn what its functions are when moving in a gait.
The important thing is if you like him and enjoy him every day and vice-versa.

For the head, for an 16 month old working line dog, it's very good. With his bloodlines, he will continue to grow for another 3 years and that head will keep broadening too. The show lines, in general, mature physically much younger.

As far as the dip behind the withers---if you look at he musculature, the anatomy of a GSD, you can see that a lot of big muscles join together behind the withers. If you have lean, muscled dog who plays a lot of ball, you will almost always end up with somewhat of a dip in the topline. A thicker coat, a less lean dog, or a dog who does more trotting exercise than sprinting (ball play or tugging) will give a dog a smoother-looking topline.



www.camnuschgermanshepherds.com/anatomy.htm

BlackthornGSD, Many thanks to you, what a great educating site you posted above, and thank you for the explanation. Ibrahim