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08-28-2023, 12:54 PM( This post was last modified: 08-28-2023, 01:02 PM by BigLion39 )
(12-27-2018, 06:04 PM)Rishi Wrote: I truly had zero idea that such a breed (more like a derivative of GSD) as"King Shephard" exists!
It's a new one that was developed by crossing long-coated european line of German & Shiloh shepherds along with malamutes, back in the '90s.
Apparently they don't have the tendency to get crippled with hip dysplasia at older age, due to recessive genes being expressed in purebreds.
"King Shepherd" is not a breed; whoever came up with that term and bred that poor dog made an abomination of a true "German Shepherd Dog". There are only 3 recognized GSD's in the SV, FCI, and AKC and they are Long Coat, Short Hair, and Medium Coat and they can be from W.German working lines or show lines, E.German working lines, or American Showline. The "King Shepherd", "Blue Shepherd" are no such thing and many backyard breeders have ruined the original Working Line GSD that Max Von Stephanits worked so hard to create.
Breeders should be breeding for their original purpose which is a working line and not breeding for looks as this pushes the GSD far away from its intended purpose plus keeping the horrible health and nerve traits we see with the abomination, American Showline we see today.
Hip Dispasia, elbow displasia, spinal stenosis are not a GSD thing. It is common in all canines unfortunately.
