When I was in high school, I was tall at 5’6” yet kids these days are much
taller. I suspect that is at least partially due to the abundance of good
nutrition. Would anyone say that these kids are incapable of being good
athletes because they are taller? Something to think about . . .
Peg Graham - http://HessenGSD.com <http://hessengsd.com/>
Home of Multiple BISS, Pacific Coast Victrix, 2012 #8 GSD in USA, 2014 #4 GSD
in CA, GCH CH Mariner’s Akaya RN HSAs “MOTO”
"May I always be the kind of person my dogs think I am."
From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Lew
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 8:17 PM
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Discussion topics
Back when I was more active in the breed people talked about California dogs.
They were bigger, as if the people in California were all Texans (joke).
Just like a California King Bed....can't have just a regular king bed.
We know about kennels that have bred biggest to biggest ignoring faults and
other issues with a single goal in mind. Likewise, I guess there are others
who bred runt to runt.
I was always under the impression that the size of the breed was meant to fit
the working purpose of the breed, i.e. sheepherding. There are other smaller
and larger breeds that herd sheep, and do it well, but the founder of the breed
chose sheep herding dogs of a common size to achieve his vision of the breed
standard. Can a 120# GSD herd as well as a 60-70# one, I doubt it. Someone
mentioned zig-zagging. I can't picture that monster GSD zigging and zagging as
they would be falling all over themselves after the first zig.
Don't the Germans still adhere to a size standard that has been absent from our
standard?
On 6/26/2015 11:58 AM, Kathy Martin wrote:
OK.....I'm sure I would agree with you on that one VBG. However, does that mean
we should look to change the standard? If the size/weight listed in the
standard are simply the "desirable" traits, does that mean that under/over are
"undesirable" traits? If we choose to ignore the size/weights specified, does
that mean we can pick and choose which parts of the standard we adhere to?
If it's OK for a dog to be an inch over size, does that mean being an inch
under the desired size is also OK? In reality I doubt there are many judges
that would put up the "under" size. Let's hear from some of those judges out
there!
Just throwing these thoughts out there for purpose of discussion.....remember,
it's all FB's fault. He asked for discussion topics!
For the record, I'm the first to admit I love a big boned "hunky" masculine
male dog.
Kathy Martin
foxtrotgsd@xxxxxxxxx
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Lew Wurdeman
Mordor German Shepherds
www.mordorgermanshepherds.com
Breeding German Shepherd Dogs
since 1973
