yup throaty,,is the right word, tbh you can hide a good deal of that with a show lead, he may fill it out a bit when he fills out but will always be a tad thoaty,,

would have like to see him in a show lead as to see his flow of neck, without having hands on, he seems to have a nice lay of shoulder, plenty of boning, nice eye shape and colour, narrow in chest but is only young, nice even marking would have prefer Mahogney rather then tan(nit picking)All male

He is lovely Am xxdk

Thanks for your replies, I am enjoying reading these critiques, very interesting.

By throatiness, does that mean he has a bit much excess on his neck, or does it mean something else?

Yes it means he has some excess loose skin on his neck, you can see it sits above his collar although it may not look as prominient if he were in a show lead.

Ta Kel, I thought it was this. I agree it does look as though he has a fat neck lol Bit like a double-chin

I love pics of this big boy,oooooh he is so all male.The points that a few have said I would have to agree on as he will get better as he matures.I find males are a little slower to mature,I also feel his ears are a little low but it's hard to tell by the pics.I have taken pics of Asta and said to myself oh man thats horrid.It is hard to judge a dog from pics as I prefer to see the dog in all it's glory and on the move too.He is a lovely Rott I feel his pics aren't doing him the justice he deserves and I love him.Good luck in the ring with him and get yourselves out to more shows too,xxxxxxxx

Yes, but a well placed show lead will help :smt002 :smt001

He's gorgeous. A happy and contented looking dog.

Well having seen and gone over Marius in the flesh the throatiness is exagerated in the pictures and he definitely does have a better turn of stifle than is shown, Ears do appear quite big but his head still has some changes to go through, maybe alittle short in the body for ideal and possibley needs to be up on his feet slightly more. Other than that though he is one of my favorite rottie slobber chops