Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group I'm Starting A New Oral Biologic!!

Thanks Lon! The difference between the two dogs...I'll try to keep it short, I tend to get lengthy when it comes to talking about German Shepherds, so here goes....there are basically two types of GSDs(the official name of the breed is German Shepherd Dog)...there are German imports and there are American Bred...the Germans breed differently than the Americans...imports are lower to the ground, bulkier and shorter coupled than Am breds and of course the Am breds have longer front reach, longer body and a more severe rear-end angulation...there's an ongoing HUGE debate about which dog is better...you can't show an import in a conformation show and the Am breds lack the drive to participate in the Schutzhund trials....I have an appreciation for both and I own both but what I find is that the imports are over-the-top with drive and the American bred GSDs are lacking the herding instinct as well as the prey drive that they should have in order to perform as they were intended to, so....I out-cross the two and I'm very pleased with the out-come...the black and tan dog, Sampson, in the smaller picture is an out-cross that I bred...he has excellent movement, perfect conformation, temperment, prey-drive and herding instinct and he earned his championship points by the age of two(in AKC sanctioned American Conformation Am Bred Class) and he is Schutzhund I titled as well...the mostly black dog, Windyhill's Corleone of Elkins(AKA Corey)is 100% Am bred, the product of two National Champions, he earned his championship points in American Conformation in both All-Breed and Specialty shows, at a very early age, he won a major in a puppy class, which is very unusual and he has won Best of Breed several times and has also won a couple of Best in Shows, he handled very well in the ring and moved out nicely, clean coming & going, but I found him to be lacking the drive that I love...both are excellent representations of the breed and are well within the breed standard and their hips are OFA certified....YEA! I kept it short, for once!