She is a beauty, huh? A bit thin, a bit square, but I’d still like that over roach-backs and hock-dragging.
That’s -exactly- what GSDs were *supposed* look like, originally.
She’s perfection, IMO.
They were originally straight-backed, squarish, being only *slightly* longer than tall and of hard, lean build to perform their primary function, which was herding.
A long backed, long hocked dog simply cannot turn and twist fast enough to herd squirrely sheep or cattle.
Form followed function...and still should.
The Belgian Malinois is what GSDs ~should~ look like, on a slightly smaller scale.
Most people are unaware that the breed’s origial name was the Alsatian.
They originated in the Alsace region of -France- and are *not* a “German” breed at all.
Ironically, the *French* Poodle ~is~ of German origin.