[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Age Old Ques....Waiting on the good ones
- From: "Mo Murkland" <murk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:55:29 -0500
Thank You Miss Peggy!!!!!!!!! You speak the truth. I don't EVEN want to
think of all the money I have wasted showing dogs to early..........I have
been setting on one and his chest is dropping and he is ready to go....he
just turned 4. He has been shown several times, but just enough to get him
used to the ring..............now we'll be going for the gold. Mo
> Sorry...I don't think one can agree or disagree in general. It has to
> depend on the individual dog. Many dogs are NOT competitive until they
> are 30 months or so...some are competitive at 18 months, some not.
> You have to look at the dog, not its birth certificate. Still, I
> don't like seeing all the dogs that are so up on leg that there is no
> depth of chest........it may come later, but the judge isn't supposed to
> be judging on what may or may not happen later...we're supposed to judge
> on the day.
> It may be that on any given day an immature or leggy dog is the best
> in the entry...but the breed isn't supposed to be leggy (last time I
> read the Standard)...so what's the big rush to show those lanky, leggy,
> immature dogs?
> Peggy
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