Crufts Live 2016 Crufts

I just think there are far better things to be complaining about than the German Shepherd. And also I hope there are rules in place so that they can't take a title from a dog once they've already given it to her. The shows have never truly seemed legitimate to me any way and are held in low regard, but taking the award would be lower than low.

This is not expert opinion, but I seem to recall that the drive to introduce the Germanic type in the '60's and 70's was specifically to correct the chronic back and hip problems which plagued the Alsatian, (GSD), as it was called in those days. Since those days, the two types never seem to have been able to reach an agreement on type, and the show entries have dwindled as they have become polarised, dependant on the type allegiance of the judge.
From an outside viewpoint, the breed seems to permanently be in danger of fracturing along the lines of type, coat length, and even colour. There has been talk of at least one breed club breaking away from the KC for almost as long as I can remember, and it is hard to see how the they can possibly keep all the factions happy under a single breed standard for much longer.

All very confusing as the KC spec & the GSD group spec differ greatly.
One favours shorter back legs other favours longer back legs

Something very strange, my last post has almost completely repeated itself today.
This was not done by me, so how has this happened?

We have one breed, divided into many subdivisions.
There are two Types’ in UK, one being the Alsatian’ the other the Gsd ) and the two sides show under different judges.
This is why we have so many issues with the Kennel Club.
The Alsatian
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~juleaman/Page1.htm

Found this & its shows big differences between working & show GSD's.
All my GSD's were like the working ones, with straight back.