[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: German Shepherd dog gaiting.. A German dog... link
- From: Cynthia Flautt <caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "EJDegen@xxxxxxx" <EJDegen@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 06:43:19 -0500
Thans for the explantion, Juiie! Ok, here's a dumb question..... Who
actually "created" that look (roach back etc) that is seen on the
video? Was it the "powers that be" in the SV? Is that style the
leaders of the SV think the rest of the world should strive to breed?
Thanks!
Cyndi Flaitt
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:15 AM, EJDegen@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Ginger, I respectfully disagree...and that was the point I was
> trying to
> make in my previous post.
>
> It is my belief that the extreme current German SHOW line dogs were
> not
> created to emphasize a "running" dog. It was created to try and
> show what
> someone THOUGHT was *power* while pulling on a LEASH in the show
> ring. They
> were trying to get the dogs' rear underneath them more and really
> driving
> off of it. Strength and "drive" is what they were wanting and they
> went too
> far (or the wrong direction, depending on how you look at it).
>
> The working line dogs that really are running short bursts fast and
> hitting
> sleeves hard, for the most part do NOT look the dogs in the following
> youtube video:
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH7YR2uqpy8&feature=email_
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH7YR2uqpy8&feature=email)
>
> I also used to believe what you are saying is correct until I lived in
> Germany and saw the different types of dogs and how they were used.
> But,
> after going to many SV shows and working trials, I've come to the
> conclusion
> that the extreme showline dogs (the ones with the roached backs,
> "heavy"
> fronts, leaning hard down into their leashes) weren't created for a
> valid
> working reason....they were created because someone thought it made
> them LOOK
> more powerful.
>
> This said, there are some absolutely gorgeous show line German
> Shepherds in
> Germany (and the United States). I also love many of the working line
> dogs. But, I *really* love my gorgeous American champions (also
> Performance
> Award of Merit winners) ... who obviously work, and work well!! :-)
>
>
> Julie Degen
> "A well-balanced German Shepherd has a title on both ends!"
> _www.caissonkennels.com_ (http://www.caissonkennels.com/)
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/1/2010 1:54:27 P.M. Korea Standard Time,
> cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Msg: #7 in digest
> From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: German Shepherd dog gaiting.. A German dog... link
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:45:30 -0400
>
> Because they shifted their emphasis to a running dog not a trotting
> dog. A
> dog that could run short bursts fast and hit a sleeve hard. You may
> have
> noticed that many of those banana backed dogs that are so popular
> also have
> very short necks.
>
> Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA
>
>
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