[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by SNR

You have no need to worry, FAX. My folks are getting him from a (reputable) kennel in Canada that breeds actual German Shepherds. This little guy here is not your average American-bred German Shepherd. The actual ones aren't as beautiful as the ones you see nowadays, because these are what the breed used to look like before breeders started to churn out German Shepherds and interbreed them to achieve aesthetically-pleasing dogs. As a consequence, German Shepherds overall have all kinds of health problems, and suffer from hip dysplesia because the dog's breed now has the back end sticking up with the rest of the body, and as a result there is too much pressure on the pelvic bones. As the dog grows older, this becomes a real problem.

Not with these guys. Already in the side-view pictures, you can see that the dog's back end slants, and its hind legs stick out from the body. These are what real German Shepherds should look like. These ones look almost wolf-like. And they grow quickly.

We're naming him Heinrich.

This is the best idea I've seen yet.