Why They Breed German Shepherds with Lumbosacral Stenosis - Veterinarians near me Marietta Georgia Dr Erik Johnson

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Crippled German Shepherds:

"You have to admit that a dog that looks like it's about to pounce on an enemy is cool, no matter how much it hurts to live that way or how much it shortens their lives." -GSD Breeder

Some German Shepherds was bred to have the malformed sacrum* and dropped (plantigrade hocks) so their vulnerability to weight related "bad back legs" or even 'degenerative myelopathy / lumbosacral steonosis' is truly guaranteed. So for those, the question is WHEN - and that'll be delayed by a low body weight, (which is fine) or lower.
Don't buy a GSD from these 'crouchy-stance' breeders in the future.

* German Shepherds do look cool when they're crouching to "spring into action" - if they are.... Well one day, more than twenty years ago, someone had a GSD with a malformation that tilted the sacrum backward. It anteverted the hips - and made the dog live every day in a "crouched posture" which looked so awesome to the breeder they made as many as they could. Later, a dropped-plantigrade hock was added. So the world's "best dogs" look like they're crouched to attack pretty much, at all times. This somehow made sense to breeders. But it's crippling when the dog's even as young as nine. You can't really tell if this has been 'added' phenotypically until they're like, two or something. The breeders are happy. We're not. I've seen the future of these guys, and it's REALLY painful and ugly. Keep this GSD skinny.
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This is what I use now, with my dog Ajax. I used to use the Gentle Leader, but I didn't like including his face in the thing. Now, this just goes around his chest and he DOES NOT PULL ANY MORE. It's great! Amazon.com has it.

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