14 month old American girl - Page 11

I guess I wasn't checking the anatomy of the dog to see it was a male.
I spend endless hours researching dogs and their pedigrees.
There are dogs I know which kennel or bloodline they are from by looking at them.
That is a very nice "male" dog, but he looks to me me like an ASL.
I don't know if it's the head, the topline, stack.....or what.
I have never claimed there are not some absolutely beautiful ASL dogs out there,
Xeph's dog and the dog sunsilver posted are prime examples there are very nice dogs, "from all lines".

Let me get this straight, Kit-Kat. You can often tell what breeder a dog is from just by looking at it...

but you didn't realize Uzi was MALE??

To me, his build screams 'male' even before I check to see if he has the right equipment!

I've often mistaken a male ASL for a female due to the slender build and the 'bitchy' heads, but not THIS guy! 

Nor would I ever mistake Xeph's bitch for a male. She is indisputably feminine! .

Don't be silly sunsilver, I most certainly DO NOT KNOW WHAT EVERY BREEDER is putting out there, I mean C'mon now,
BUT dogs I follow and know pretty detailed info on ,yeah I can often tell which lines the dog comes from.
Not quite as expert as you yet......

Can someone explain the term "dry" used for this dog?

Side note, I think all 3 are beautiful.  If you ever get to the point you just can't stand the sight of any of them, look me up

Didn't say  'every' kitkat.

And I had to have some fun with you because Uzi is so obviously a guy....

My female is from Ursus/Dallas lines, so I can often spot those lines w/o looking at the pedigree, but not very often with other lines.

Fawndallas, in this case, it means tightly ligamented as opposed to loose, floppy joints.

DISCLAIMER

I am making no comment about the website below or the breeder or what they produce.  I have no interest in that side of the website (although the puppies are cute).  I came across this website when I was researching to define what Sunsilver told me above.


That said.......

Is what is on this page good information or info I should take with a grain of salt?
http://www.worldclassgsd.com/Tips_Resources_For_German_Shepherds/illustrated_standard.htm

That info is from Linda Shaw's old Illustrated Standard of the German Shepherd, which she took down over a year ago. She is slowly redoing it, and though snippets of her work are still available here and there, this is the first time in ages I've seen a big chunk of it like that!

The standard she wrote and illustrated was IMO, excellent, and very comprehensive and detailed, though some members on here have disagreed with her on some points. You have just stumbled across a piece of gold!

If she ever gets her whole standard rewritten, I am going to save it to my computer! There have been SOO many times recently when I've wanted to reference her work to show someone what a particular 'fault' looked like, e.g., cow hocks.

Does she mention the term 'dry'? I am having trouble reading that website. My eyes don't do well with a brown background!

The website does not.  What worked for me was the pictures (I am better at visual comparison for understanding) that compared the different structures.

Thanks for answering my questions.

Took her herding today and she was EXCELLENT!  Worked her along the perimeter at first, and once she saw the sheep she started working the fenceline of her own accord.  It was beautiful.

Put her on a long line and she immediately swung wide on them, which the trainer really liked.  Said she was very "heady", good thinking dog, quick learner.  We will be training 3 times a month hopefully.  It is going to be my goal to make her a dual CH.

I LOVE conformation.  I do.  But man there is nothing as beautiful to me as watching my dogs think

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