[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Foot Timing
- From: Gsdman2@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:57:03 EST
In a message dated 2/23/2006 6:32:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
gsd001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I have always felt that what Carmen 'discovered' was BALANCE - maybe he
didn't know what to call it????
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My first thoughts were that he meant balance, but the front and rear doesn't
need to be balanced for the "foot timing" to be coordinated. Think about it
... Some dogs lift in front to compensate for a poorly constructed forequarter,
in order to put their front feet down in unison with the rear. Other dogs do
not fully extend in front in order to compensate for a less than perfect rear
quarter.
I think "foot timing" is a literal phrase. It describes how close to in
unison the front and rear feet are when they hit the ground. I suspect a "10"
in
foot timing would describe a dog that appears to be doing a two beat gait. (I
said "appears" because I have no interest in debating whether that exists or
not <G>.)
Tom Langlitz
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