How to identify a purebred East German Shepherd?

The East German Shepherd is a very pure working dog, they are also a breed made for work, now generally used for search dogs, drug detection dogs and so on. The East German Shepherd and the West German Shepherd share the same ancestry, so we must be more careful when shopping, so how can we tell if it is a purebred East German Shepherd? The purebred East German Shepherd has the following characteristics. The East German Shepherd’s mouth is strong and powerful, with a scissor-like bite, that is, when its upper and lower teeth are closed to form a scissor-like structure, and it has a full set of teeth, with 42 teeth after the teeth grow. The eyes are moderately sized, with apricot kernel-shaped eyes and a slight tilt, and the eyes cannot protrude, and the color of the eyes is the darker the better. The back of the East German Shepherd is relatively flat, and the back must be strong and powerful, with good muscle tissue, which is also a major difference between it and the West German Shepherd, the West German Shepherd’s back is bowed. The lower part of the tail of the East German Shepherd has a thick coat, and the length needs to reach the paw joints. The tail has a slight bend when at rest, and the bend will increase when the tail is raised or swung. The East German Shepherd’s ears are medium in size, hard and erect, wide at the base of the ears, and always erect. If the ears are tilted or not erect, showing drooping, this is definitely a very serious defect and will not make the East German Shepherd. The above five points are the characteristics of the East German Shepherd, when buying and selling a little bit of careful observation to distinguish whether it is a pure breed of East German Shepherd.