“The German Shepherd Dog must be well-balanced (with strong nerves) in terms of character, self-assured, absolutely natural and (except for a stimulated situation) good-natured as well as attentive and willing to please. He must possess instinctive behaviour, resilience and self-assurance in order to be suitable as a companion, guard, protection, service and herding dog”
Quoted from FCI standard n°166. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI; UFAW — Genetic Welfare Problems of Companion Animals: German Shepherd Dog, Hip Dysplasia. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.
Estándar de la FCI · German Shepherd Dog
Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar.
The German Shepherd Dog is bred in the hair varieties double coat and long double coat – both with undercoat.
Double coat: The guard hair should be as dense as possible, particularly harsh and close fitting: short on the head, including the inside of the ears, short on the front side of the legs, paws and toes, some-what longer and more strongly covered in hair on the neck.
On the back side of the legs the hair extends to the carpal joint or the hock
it forms moderate ‘trousers’ on the back side of the haunches.
Long double coat: The guard hair should be long, soft and not close fitting, with tufts on the ears and legs, bushy trousers and bushy tail with downward formation of tuft.
Short on the head, including the inside of the ears, on the front side of the legs, on the paws and toes, somewhat longer and more strongly covered in hair on the neck, almost forming a mane.
On the back side of the legs the hair extends to the carpal joint or the hock and forms clear trousers on the back side of the haunches.
Colours Colours are black with reddish-brown, brown and yellow to light grey markings
single-coloured black, grey with darker shading, black saddle and mask.
Unobtrusive, small white marks on chest as well as very light colour on insides are permissible, but not desirable.
The tip of the nose must be black in all colours.
Dogs with lack of mask, light to piercing eye colour, as well as with light to whitish markings on the chest and the insides, pale nails and red tip of tail are considered to be lacking in pigmentation.
The undercoat shows a light greyish tone.
The colour white is not allowed
Resumido de FCI standard n°166 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.
Aquello por lo que un juez resta puntos a la raza German Shepherd Dog, y lo que la deja fuera del ring, en las palabras del propio registro. Esto describe el estándar de la raza — no es una lista de comprobación para el animal que tienes delante, y un animal de compañía con un defecto descalificante es un perro que no puede ir a exposición, no un perro enfermo.
Cuentan mucho en contra de un ejemplar en el ring.
FCI divides the German Shepherd Dog into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza German Shepherd Dog en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.
Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza German Shepherd Dog, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.
4 enfermedades documentadasEsto es literatura a nivel de raza, no asesoramiento veterinario sobre un animal concreto — tu veterinario conoce al animal.
Health checklist (PDF)Malformation of the hip joint causing joint laxity that progresses to arthritis; UFAW rates the welfare impact as major for many affected dogs, ranging up to euthanasia in severe cases. Prevalence estimates for the breed range from about 18% to 49% depending on the population and scoring method.
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A hip evaluation via a recognised scheme — OFA, BVA/KC or FCI — on both parents, required for the parent club's CHIC certificate.
A group of developmental abnormalities of the elbow joint that cause pain, lameness and secondary arthritis, usually appearing before two years of age.
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An elbow evaluation via OFA (or the FCI/BVA-KC equivalent), on both parents, required for the parent club's CHIC certificate.
A slow, progressive breakdown of the spinal cord's nerve fibres that starts in the hind legs and typically appears from around 8 years old, eventually reaching the front legs. The SOD1 variant most associated with it in this breed is a risk factor with incomplete penetrance, not a diagnosis: some dogs that test homozygous for the risk allele never develop signs, and the test cannot be used to confirm the disease in a dog that already has symptoms.
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A DNA test for the SOD1:c.118G>A variant, on both parents, from a laboratory such as the University of Missouri (via OFA), Embark or Genomia.
Destruction of the pancreas's enzyme-producing cells, usually starting before 4 years old, leaves the dog unable to digest food properly, causing progressive weight loss and a ravenous appetite despite eating; it needs daily enzyme replacement for life once diagnosed. It is dramatically more common in this breed than in the general dog population and is thought to have a polygenic, partly immune-mediated basis.
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No validated pre-breeding DNA test exists. A risk allele in the dog leukocyte antigen (DLA) region has been identified in research but is not offered as a commercial breeding screen. A symptomatic dog is diagnosed on a serum trypsin-like immunoreactivity (TLI) blood test, not a breeding screen; ask the breeder whether the condition has occurred in the line.
Supervivencia mediana de 11,3 años
Intervalo de confianza al 95% de 11,3–11,4 años, a partir de 10.773 muertes registradas entre 19.847 perros
Riesgo de mortalidad de 1.24 (1.22, 1.27) respecto a perros mestizos, cuya mediana es de 12,0 años.
Medido en el Reino Unido a partir de 584.734 perros. La supervivencia mediana no es una predicción para un perro concreto.
McMillan, K.M., Bielby, J., Williams, C.L., Upjohn, M.M., Casey, R.A. & Christley, R.M. (2024) Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death. Scientific Reports 14, 531.
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