By Louis Donald SV – Foreign List German Shepherd Dog Judge, Working Dog Judge & Breed Surveyor
In my article on the withers of the German Shepherd Dog I covered some aspects of the back and this was because the backs forepart is interlinked to the withers, it was not not possible to discuss one without the other. Some of what I wrote about the back in that article is covered here as an introduction.
I also add, that as with the withers, the lumbar section of the back has an interlink which is the pelvis, therefore some relevant aspects of the pelvis and croup will be discussed here. For detailed information on the croup go to ‘The Croup of the German Shepherd Dog’.