[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Breed Standard

  • From: Sara Minsk <ninemaplefarm@xxxxxx>
  • To: wynsum@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:47:32 -0500

Thank you Zoe and Stormy!  I am trying here!!

I hear you but I am still trying to understand........ :-(

If there is one unchanging breed standard (that has always existed) than why 
does the breed look different in the show ring at different points in time 
(throughout the years)?  Wouldn't the GSD look the same now as in the 1960's? 
If there is one standard that does not change than why have the dogs changed 
throughout history?

Does that mean the breed standard has gone through several revisions (like a 
rulebook)?

Sara
On Dec 9, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Doc Zoe wrote:

> There is only one BReed standard for the GSD, which is interpreted different 
> (called style) by 
> whatever group is in at the SV that year or the breeders at AKC/CKC
> 
> The Breed ring, whether German or American is used to determine whether a 
> dog/bitch is within 
> the standard.
> 
> A dog can be within the standard and not finish, or do well in the ring. A 
> ribbon in an adult class 
> at AKC/CKC shows shows that the dog is within the Breed standard.  A rating 
> at a German 
> style show (the higher the better the dog is within the standard) shows that 
> a an animal is within 
> the standard.
> 
> The animal can be within the standard, but have some minor faults and not do 
> well in any show 
> ring
> 
> To me a pet is any animal that is loved - whether it is within the standard 
> or not
> 
> The breed standard and showing in cofrmation to prove it go hand in hand.
> 
> A dog shown in performance shows mind - it does not have to be within the 
> breed standard to 
> work.  However, those dogs bred to the whatever style of the standard have 
> better form and 
> hence better function.
> 
> REgina's dogs are fantastic working animals.  There are two styles of German 
> imports - 
> showlines which put more emphasis on the breed standard, and working lines 
> which put more 
> emphasis on the mind than the body.  Both are usually within the standard, 
> but are different 
> styles, interpretations, of the GSD.
> 
> I am happy we have the right to select the style that we want that meets are 
> needs and likes 
> and dislikes.
> 
> 
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