A coworker of mine has a 120lb GSD female. Here's a summary of our conversation just to get to the point.
When I was like "lordy that's a big girl! She's double the size of most GSDs."
My coworker was like, "no she's the perfect weight."
So then I of course said, "well, the breed standard calls for dogs around 60lbs."
Her, "well there are other types of shepherds than the roachback show ones."
Me, "I know, there are working german shepherds too, but they're still small."
Her, "No I did TONS of research on them. There are show shepherds, old style shepherds, shadow shepherds, working shepherds, roach back shepherds and mini shepherds."
Now, I'm assuming the "old style" are really shilohs.... and obvioulsy I know show and working.... what the heck are the other ones?????????? Oh, and she's adament that it's a "German Shepherd Dog." I mentioned Shiloh's as a different breed in the beginning of the conversation.
Now obviously, GSDs are not my breed. But I'm still very much under the impression that there are only show lines and working line GSDs and they're both supposed to be somewhere around 60/70lbs.
When I was like "lordy that's a big girl! She's double the size of most GSDs."
My coworker was like, "no she's the perfect weight."
So then I of course said, "well, the breed standard calls for dogs around 60lbs."
Her, "well there are other types of shepherds than the roachback show ones."
Me, "I know, there are working german shepherds too, but they're still small."
Her, "No I did TONS of research on them. There are show shepherds, old style shepherds, shadow shepherds, working shepherds, roach back shepherds and mini shepherds."
Now, I'm assuming the "old style" are really shilohs.... and obvioulsy I know show and working.... what the heck are the other ones?????????? Oh, and she's adament that it's a "German Shepherd Dog." I mentioned Shiloh's as a different breed in the beginning of the conversation.
Now obviously, GSDs are not my breed. But I'm still very much under the impression that there are only show lines and working line GSDs and they're both supposed to be somewhere around 60/70lbs.