When I talk about animal rightists being evil, nasty and want never to see an animal bred, I talk about those who believe that. Not all those who think that HSUS/PETA is correct are evil and nasty (I have re-educated quite a few). When we talk about SOME animals not being able to perform to the highest level, no matter WHAT their conformation, we are talking about SOME animals. That is the same in dogs, horses, or humans. When we generalize, we lose the audience. I have seen some anatomically correct humans who can't jump. Stormy On Dec 9, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Jackie Short-Nguyen wrote: > Not necessary. The correct form is there for the viewing > I'm sorry, but I could not disagree more, having seen dogs that had > the "correct form" attempt performance, and work very hard at it to > please the owners....and doing poorly because their structure is not > conducive to things like jumping. > > Dogs that do not run because they've got too much rear behind them > are a problem. Dogs that trot instead with that rear do so because > it is more efficient for them in that scenario, but it is not more > efficient for them when you consider the jobs they are meant to do. > -- > Jackie & Jonathan Nguyen Marcato German Shepherds > S Konzert vom Drachenberg, CD, RN, CGC, SD "Strauss" > Devine's Gunpowder N Lead RN "Mirada" > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================