I'm a breeder and proud of what I produce. I feel my dogs represent what a German shepherd should be. If you have no personal knowledge of or experience with my dogs, then your acquisitions about them may, or mostly likely, be entirely off-base.
To make such statements in a public forum has to be defended. And since I have spent my life with these dogs I would say I know a lot more about them than anyone who has made their opinion known in here. Am I upset? Not really - but to say my dogs look like giant welsh corgies is a little disturbing and insulting; but I have come to expect such verbage from certain people in here.
As far as form and function, that can apply to any size German shepherd. To associate poor function because of size only means you have not experienced or seen a properly bred oversized German shepherd. It all goes back to genetics - a major tenet of the German shepherd's foundation and one that is not clearly understood by many German shepherd owners. If you want to capture what the german shepherd is all about genetically, read some of the interviews with Manfred Heyne. His understanding of the GSD is spot on. It's too bad he is no longer with us to share his wisdom and knowledge of this breed.
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