[ SHOWGSD-L ] Another movement question
- From: Schipstar@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:28:23 EDT
With trepidation, I ask another question... I've seen many winning GSDs in
the breed ring who very obviously overreach greatly. Is this considered good
movement, or is it a waste of motion, or inefficient movement?
I'm not trying to provoke anything, just wanted to know how you all feel
about this, is it a good thing, or a bad thing?
Lynn
In a message dated 7/10/2005 10:05:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
In theory, and in reality, if you read what I wrote, a dog with flapping
hocks still can't achieve the true flying trot - it's wasting too much
energy and is mechanically unsound. Aside from our love, and their
beauty and personalities, the gait is the expression of a mechanical
system of bones, joints, muscles and all the tissues that hold them
together, and, like a car or any other moving system, if the structure
isn't correct, it will not work at maximum efficiency, and will have
probems at wear-points.
The really unfortunate fact is that so few people have seen this gait
that most don't know what it truely looks like. It's totally different
from the movement that a sloppy hock action can give, or what a bad
front can do. As a few people on the list have said, once you've seen
it, you can't mistake anything else for it.
Lynn Brown - Ebonystar Schipperkes/Angelsgate Rescue
http://www.angelsgaterescue.com/ & http://www.schipperkerescue.com/
Post Office Box 92283 - Long Beach, CA 90809 (562) 428-9832
...special dogs for special people since 1972
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