[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Ideal movement - according to the Standard
- From: Elaine <tykemail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cinosamgsd@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:56:22 -0400
You can't really get an extremly angulated front. The bones just won't
line up that way. Take a look at the illustration of the standard on
the GSD home site. The structure at the elbows places a limit on the
smallest angle two bones can meet. The shoulder and the forearm should
form a 90 degree angle with the point of the angle like an arrowhead
along the line of the body. This provides the front reach that the dog
needs. In a balanced dog, the lower thigh bone is parallel to the
forearm, and the shoulder is parallel to the upper thigh bone. If the
stiffle is too long, or if the front angle is greater than ~ 100 degrees
(and frequently, both of these characteristics happen in the same dog)
you can't get the bones parallel as they should be. In order to clear
the front legs, the hind legs should come up to a point past where the
front legs had touched the ground. A dog with too much rear has to be
long in the loin, or do something to keep all four legs moving smoothly.
Like lifting.
But there are other faults that have been seen in the ring that also
should get attention. The action of the gait should be smooth, with no
"rough spots' in the rear action as the hind leg is brought forward.
Twisting on the pads is also an indication of something wrong.
My personal favorite picture of a bitch in perfect balance is an old one
of Orpha of Edgetown. She might be considered extreme in the rear,
though not as extreme as many dogs today, but you can see the parallels
in her front and rear angulation.
Elaine
Cinosam GSD wrote:
>So Paul, are you saying that as long as the dog is in balance, extremes are
>acceptable and if yes, what kind of front would the dog need to have that
>would justify the extreme rear needed to balance it out. Wouldn't these
>extremes in both the front and rear suggest that the dog's fore and hind
>quarters are not correct to the Standard?
>
>Cindy
>RivendellP <rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Ideal movement - according to the Standard
>
>
>I also think you can get too much of a good thing. If in theory, the dog
>with it's flapping hocks can move better, is better balanced, achieves the
>ultimate flying trot, should the dog win, or is their a point when creating
>a deformity in an effort to produce the ultimate flying trot becomes
>acceptable.
>
>Cindy
>
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