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  1. Kerryowner

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    #61 Feb 7, 2012
    Thanks Helen! I would not recognise that dog as a Kerry had it not been pointed out to me.

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  2. Moobli

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    #62 Feb 7, 2012
    Some working GSDs through the years ...

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    Zak is line-bred to the second 1995 dog.
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  3. Helen

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    #63 Feb 7, 2012
    I think this wins for the biggest difference! lol

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  4. Helen

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    #64 Feb 7, 2012
    They have almost come full circle, haven't they?

    Helen

    ETA - while I was googling pointers and setter, I saw that Derry Argue (big name in pointers and setters) has a working GSD.
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    #65 Feb 7, 2012
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    was surprised to find these papillons looking so similar to chi's know they have chi and pom in their heritage but still wow!!
  6. Moobli

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    #66 Feb 7, 2012
    I am loving this thread too - really, really interesting.
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    #67 Feb 7, 2012
    same here i find it fascinating!!! am really really enjoying it thank you!!!!
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    #68 Feb 7, 2012
    It definitely does ... so far at least! It looks absolutely nothing like its modern day equivalent!
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    #69 Feb 7, 2012
    Gosh - I only know him through the Highland Ponies and never realised he had pointers and setters :blush: but did know he had a working GSD :grin:
  10. Helen

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    #70 Feb 7, 2012
    I noticed he had highland ponies from his website. I've got a couple of his training videos.

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    #71 Feb 7, 2012
    I *met" him through the HP forum I used to be on and he did mention his GSD on that, but weirdly never mentioned the setters and pointers (that I saw anyway). What a small world :lol: He has some cracking ponies!
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    #72 Feb 7, 2012
    I'm not really a fan of the aesthetics of the GSD, but Zak is just beautiful. He looks so well put together and that's a lovely thing to see no matter the breed or cross.
  13. SLB

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    #73 Feb 7, 2012
    I find it fascinating how the back of the GSD gets lower both on the show line and the working lines, but there is only the working lines that seem to be going more for a straighter back in the recent lines (don't know terms sorry)

    I didn't like the GSD at the crufts a couple of years ago, with his back that was really low, I think they just look ill.. but then thats me..
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    #74 Feb 8, 2012
    take a look at this video of the early years of the development of the BSD

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    compare how similar in body shape to the BSD the early GSD's looked

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    colour this dog fawn and give it a black mask and it would look just like a Malinois !!
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    #75 Feb 8, 2012
    1997 is a perfect egsample, of things gone wrong!!!!
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    #76 Feb 8, 2012
    zak's the boy. saviour of the gsd. go zak!
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    #77 Feb 8, 2012
    no, not just you. common sense tells anybody it is wrong. hopefully we can change the dog.. but can we change the people who are doing it? lovely thread, really enjoyed.
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    #78 Feb 8, 2012
    this is jeager at 10yrs 6mths old. i think he is as "showy" as they should be!
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    #79 Feb 8, 2012
    My favourite thread - so interesting :grin:
    Moobli, Zac is a stunning boy but personally some of the photos that have been posted of the slightly older dogs look so strange with the slanting back. The pressure on their hips must be huge (no wonder so -many GSD's lose the use of their back legs). Don't take this personally because as I said Zac is drop dead gorgeous, but what has breeding done to them?:shock:
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    #80 Feb 8, 2012
    Wow, there is quite a difference and I wouldn't recognise them as paps.

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