czech bloodlines

Just from looking, huh? I have a Czech dog myself, and boy have I been wrong in the past guessing on sight if a dog is Czech or not. Czech dogs really don't all look cookie-cutter. Some Czech dogs are small, zippy, wiry, foxy-faced little speedsters.. others are heavy-boned lummoxes with heads like bears. In my opinion, some dogs to me 'look Czech' when they have a distinctly wolfy, foreign, exotic look to them-- slightly oblique set to the eyes, furred inner surface of ears, sable coat. But.. it's not so cut-and-dry. Here's my fellow. He's just 1o months in these pics, but his eyes are light, slightly obliquely set, and he's the bulldozer-build type but going through a growth spurt:

well, i guess more than looking at her. he spent a few minutes looking at her coat, how she stands, ears, teeth, eyes, nose, her build & her temperment. & then he was like "where did you get her?" & we told him that we saw an ad in the paper for $200, for gsd puppies. & let him know we knew nothing about her parents or bloodlines, & he said she definitely had czech in her..

this is my baby..
at 12 weeks old:


& 9 months:

Here is a picture of the Czech dog I had when he was 10 months old.
Personally I think the person you are refering to is full of IT. With the working lines you cannot tell just by looking if a dog is Czech or not. You can say the LOOK Czech but that isn't the same as saying they ARE.

It looks like a puppy mill to me 42 females?

She looks a lot like my dog who is a West German show line dog.

I don't think you can accurately generalize that a particular area produces dogs that have particular traits. Like DDR dogs are all big boned, etc. We have a full blooded DDR dog at our club who isn't even 70lbs. He's athletic, determined, and a hard dog, but he's not big boned and doesn't have a huge, blocky head. Here's his picture:

LOL.. see, looking at the photos of that dog he does look DDR to me. DDR dogs aren't usually huge in size, but that dog does have the heavier DDR bone, darker coloration, and what little can be seen of his head looks somewhat DDR too. From his overall look, I actually wouldn't be surprised if I could guess who his sire or grandsire is.

Structure and coloration looks a lot like Alk Osterburg Quell. Who was also used a LOT for breeding in this country (increasing my chances of guessing right!)