Wow!

I thought I'd post this as well.. This is a german shepherd before the second world war:


Today's (American) Gsd


I've read somewhere that they're literally becoming crippled because of the sloppy back fad.

Here's a comparison of an American GSD and a German GSD. The left one was bred under ckc/akc rules. The right one was bred under SV rules (MUCH stricter than the CKC/AKC)