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Captain
von Stephanitz derived the conformation standard from this working requirement.
Today, many novices are focusing on some specific features in judging
the German Shepherd Dog, such as "a big head", "a big
dog", "a read dog", and so on. Such features by themselves
do not meet the German Shepherd Dog Standard.
"When
judging (the German Shepherd Dog), only the broadest of views which
takes in all the points at once in our breeding, will be of any use
to our race," wrote Stephanitz. The balance and harmony of various
characteristics was set out in a table, assigning marks out of a total
of one hundred to each feature:
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Feature
|
Marks
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| Shepherd
dog nature and expression |
20.0 |
| General
appearance |
15.0 |
| Gait
|
15.0 |
| Bones
and muscles |
10.0 |
| Back |
7.5 |
| Hindquarters |
7.5 |
| Forelegs |
7.5 |
| Chest |
7.5 |
| Head |
5.0 |
| Hair |
5.0 |
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The Model German Shepherd Dog
Source: Captain
Max von Stephanitz, The German Shepherd
in Word and Picture, S.V. Munich, Germany, 1925
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