Please help me with this one sentence.

[giddyman]

I don't know exactly what this means. Please help me. Thank you.

Today's shepherd is approximately 22 to 26 inches tall at the shoulders.

 

[bhaisahab]

Context?

 

[giddyman]

Mr. bhaishab, sir.
I just want to know the meaning of "tall at the shoulder" when you talk about the height of animals.
I just copied the given sentence while googling "tall at the shoulder".

 

[bhaisahab]

Do you know what "the shoulder" refers to?

 

[giddyman]

Maybe upper part of the front legs? That's just my thought.

 

[bhaisahab]

Have a look at this graphic: http://siriusdog.com/images/articles/angles-front-rear-working-dog/figure1.gif

 

[giddyman]

Thank you for the graphic, sir, but I'm still quite uncertain.

 

[bhaisahab]

How about this one: https://img0.etsystatic.com/004/0/5242123/il_fullxfull.359083157_dnnb.jpg

 

[Rover_KE]

Right, giddyman, so the context is the height of animals — in this case a German shepherd dog, or Alsatian'.

My first reaction was that the average shepherd would be about five foot six at the shoulders, but that's a guy who looks after sheep.

Please note that a better title would have been Tall at the shoulders.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[giddyman]

I don't know how to change the title. Sorry, Mr. Rover_KE.

 

[Rover_KE]

You can't change it, but it doesn't matter now. I'll be really pleased if you remember next time.:-D

(You don't need to call us 'sir' or 'Mr'. How do you know I'm not female?)