The German Shepherd cannot be measured in the ring. Only breeds with height
DQs are allowed to be measured. Same with weight DQs only dogs with that
in their standard can be weighed.
Lee Brown
_lebrowngsd@aol.com_ (mailto:lebrowngsd@xxxxxxx)
In a message dated 6/30/2015 9:36:53 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Highly possible a judge might do that.......But...
It is also possible they actually find something else we cannot see in
the 'standard' dog even though correct in size?
I know we had a male one inch over the 26" Standard penalized for his
size by one judge. Our dog went on to
Am. Can. Select and herding titles and ROM. The winning dog that day
took a long time to finish.
I personally would hate to see our Breed ruled by a wicket. I prefer we
trust our GSD judges and allow a Judge to
interpret the Standard according to what they deem important.....and we
opt to show under that judge or not.
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Hickoryhill
The issue for me is, that a dog that is oversized an inch or so, will
generally not be penalized or found to be faulty, but a dog that is CORRECT
and within the standard(24"-26" for males), probably WILL be penalized not
only by a judge but by the fancy, even when it is correct to the standard. If
we would starting putting a wicket on our dogs we may find out how far off
"medium" size we have become in our breeding programs. to be honest, I
probably would not find a male that was at the low end of the standard as
desirable, either, but it would not bother me as much with a bitch. C.Grainger
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On Mon, 6/29/15, Carolyn Martello <_marhaven@suddenlink.net_
(mailto:marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
I believe the coordination and athleticism and agility... or clumsy
weakness of EVERY dog
has mostly to do more with their conformation.
IMO a LARGE dog built like a correct GSD is going to be a lot more agile
and capable of work than a dog built like a Great Dane or St. Bernard at
medium size.
We need to understand and KNOW WHY the Standard is rewarding us with an
awesome working dog
