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Old 09-15-2011, 04:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I am new to pure bred GSD. What is meant by "roach back"?
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A back that looks like if the dog has a hump.

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It's a look that's being bred for in Germany for the showlines..

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And so tha OP knows, not ALL Showline breeders dogs have "roach backs".
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And so tha OP knows, not ALL Showline breeders dogs have "roach backs".
If you are referring to the video I put up... it has a ton of dogs shown so the OP can see what is being bred over there in the showring...
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It's a look that's being bred for in Germany for the showlines..

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If you are referring to the video I put up... it has a ton of dogs shown so the OP can see what is being bred over there in the showring...
Because that video does not account for all of the showline GSDs out there and breeders. Because not all of them breed for that. It may happen for many yes, but there are quite a few breeders who breed healthy beautiful showlines. I was also letting the OP know that not all are like that.Yes, its seen mostly in WGSL.

I was just letting them know that not all have "roached backs" and shouldn't be painted that way.

There is a good, the bad and ugly in every line.
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I have mostly working lines. It is ignorant to say all show lines are banana back and roaches by viewing those videos. Have you ever went and seen these dogs in person Maggie? You would be surprised. I suggest you and others generalizing them in that tone like that do so. I have been with wl gsds over 28 years and I have seen as many bad wl dogs as I have show lines. I do not understand this behavior of attacking the show lines by so many in wl dogs. I do not see the sl people constantly attacking us for sunken top lines, short reach, bad rear assemblies and so on. A good dog is a good dog a bad dog is still a dog and still loved.
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I have mostly working lines. It is ignorant to say all show lines are banana back and roaches by viewing those videos. Have you ever went and seen these dogs in person Maggie? You would be surprised. I suggest you and others generalizing them in that tone like that do so. I have been with wl gsds over 28 years and I have seen as many bad wl dogs as I have show lines. I do not understand this behavior of attacking the show lines by so many in wl dogs. I do not see the sl people constantly attacking us for sunken top lines, short reach, bad rear assemblies and so on. A good dog is a good dog a bad dog is still a dog and still loved.
I wouldn't call it attacking, it was more generalization. But its true the generalization needs to stop.I have seen a few people generalize working line GSDs also. But there is no need to turn this into a WL vs. SL debate, as that is not what the OP asked, and we all have seen what those are like. :/

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