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Originally Posted by LaRen616
I recently went to a dog show and I saw a very small female GSD and I kid you not I thought she was a puppy 6-7 months old. She was 2 1/2! She was so small I could not believe it. My GSD, my friends GSD and my Co Workers GSD are all about the same size and around the same weight. Mine is 85-88 pounds, friend's is 95 pounds and my co worker's female is about 80 pounds. They are all very tall, not fat at all. No slanted legs and all of them are very athletic. Very good looking dogs in my opinion
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This is my bitch, she is six years old, weighs 50 lbs and is lean and athletic. She actually has a deeper, more developed chest than my male who is 25lbs heavier (show line, still maturing). If you look at her from the front, her chest is lower and if you look at her from the top, her chest is wider. She has very little angulation relative to today's show fads, but moves very balanced, no looseness, firm back. I was at a dog show this weekend showing my male and since I had her along, I entered her as well.
I have no problem with the occasional dog having a much larger frame, or breeding an oversized dog because it carries even more important characteristics (temperament, drives, health, etc), but to me there's a difference between a dog with an oversized frame and a dog that is simply overweight and not in athletic condition.