[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Crufts 2012 Checked Breeds
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:51:13 -0500
If y'all had followed all this "crap," which was started by a television
program over there (and aired here, too, after a while) called Pedigree Dogs
or something like it, you'd know that there have been a bunch of breeds
that've been hit on for being unhealthy...and yes, Shepherds are one.
Crazy people made the decisions, vets and so-called researchers did a VERY
LITTLE research, and now, 3 years later, the instigators of the whole
problem are coming forth and apologizing...and guess what? It's too late.
This is what happens when the AR people stir up the pet owners and get them
going...just because one dog has a problem (or even 100 dogs) doesn't mean
the whole breed does........the Pekingese who's been prevented from showing
in the group at Crufts is from the same breeder as the Peke who won the
Garden here last month.
Wait and see what kind of Shepherd goes thru. The UK dogs don't look
much like ours...they don't have all the angulation...but last time I
looked, a number of them WERE nearly crippled, with those damn banana backs
and rears tucked so far underneath themselves that they could barely go
forward, never mind have any follow thru...and forget reach.........it was
non-existent.
Pekes and Bulldogs are just the tip of the iceberg.
So what happens? Nothing...we sit on our butts and let the AR groups stir
the pot until nobody can breed anything? Looks like it.........
As for the vet understanding the breed, that isn't required. It just has to
be a vet. Makes me think of the little exchange in the movie "The King's
Speech,"when the prince is told not to smoke. He says his doctor advised
him to do it...and the speech guy says "he's a fool." The prince comes back
with "he's been knighted." the response then is "Makes it official then."
Same with most vets.............
Peggy
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 4:01 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Crufts 2012 Checked Breeds
> Chris writes: " I understand that part, but for the reason of how one
> would know if that veterinarian understands the breeds."
>
>
> This troubles me for the same reason. For example, every time my well
> angulated GSD's are examined, by *any* Vet, on the discharge summary, it
> is always noted that the dogs have "dropped hocks." Yes, I do know that
> some dogs are "hock walkers," but my dogs are not "hock walkers" and every
> dog I have is athletic and agile despite their "dropped hocks."
>
> I've tried to explain to the Vets that Shepherds stand the way they do
> because of their angulation, which gives them the beautiful sidegait that
> a GSD is supposed to have. All I've gotten in return are blank stares. I
> finally gave up on the explanations.
>
> What if a Vet decides that all GSD's with "dropped hocks" shouldn't be
> allowed to compete in Group?
>
>
>
> PaulETTE McGuirt,
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