I HAVE READ WITH MUCH INTEREST ALL OF THE COMMENTS CONCERNING JUDGING--FAULTS--GAIT--BACKS ETC. IT IS GREAT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN. SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE MENTION OF CAT MOVEMENT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION AS IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY. OUR WONDERFUL BREED IS A TROTTING BREED AS THAT IS WHAT IT WAS BRED TO DO. CATS, LARGE OR SMALL, ARE SPRINTERS AND THEREFORE MOVE DIFFERENTLY. THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPARISON. JUDGING CREATES A MULTITUDE OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT. WE ALL KNOW THAT TEMPERAMENT AND TYPE COME FIRST THEN OVERALL SOUNDNESS IN MOTION WHICH ,OF COURSE, IS DEPENDENT ON CORRECT ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE. THE ENGINE IS THE HINDQUARTER--THE TRANSMISSION IS THE BACK---THE STEERING MECHANISM IS THE FORE ASSEMBLY AND MUST ALL WORK IN HARMONY. SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS MUST BE PRONOUNCED!!! YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL A MALE FROM A FEMALE FROM A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY AND WITHOUT THESE POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS YOU LOOSE BREED TYPE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REPRODUCTION. WE HAVE EXCELLENT SPECIMENS THAT ARE ENTIRELY AMERICAN LINES(AS FAR BACK AS 8 OR 10 GENERATIONS OR EVEN MORE) BUT WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO IMPROVE AS WE CONTROL THE FUTURE OF OUR BREED. IN MY JUDGING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD-THERE ARE NO PERFECT EXAMPLES BUT LET US CONTINUE AND TRY TO PRODUCE THE BEST ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD NOT TO FLEETING FADS. MORTON GOLDFARB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================