[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Interpretations of Balance, et al.

  • From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Michael Lynch" <blackhawkfarmsllc@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:03:49 -0500

My VistaPrint Electronic Business CardWell...you took too many words but you've 
got it............. LOL!
  Basically, tho, there should be no quoting of the Standard.......use your own 
words...and you have done that, too.

   So far, first prize here.........
Congratulations.
   Peggy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Lynch 
  To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Peggy 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:54 AM
  Subject: Interpretations of Balance, et al. 


  Try it...to you, what are the most distinguishing qualities of a 
  GSD...or, what are the three or four things that make a GSD different from 
  other breeds........or that a dog must have to be a good GSD? (Mickelson)

  Ok, to me, this is what a shepherd is about. I try to cover the hallmarks 
that make a "shepherd" a "shepherd".Rather than a generic show dog.

  1. He must be SLIGHTLY longer than tall (with a proportion of10 to 8.5. The 
length is measured from the point of the prosternum or breastbone to the rear 
edge of the pelvis, the ischial. The desirable long proportion is not derived 
from a long back, but from overall length with relation to height, which is 
achieved by length of forequarter and length of withers and hindquarter, viewed 
from the side. 

  2. He is a trotting dog.  (At a walk it covers a great deal of ground, with 
long stride of both hind legs and forelegs. At a trot the dog covers still more 
ground with even longer stride, and moves powerfully but easily, with 
coordination and balance so that the gait appears to be the steady motion of a 
well-lubricated machine. )The dog does not track on widely separated parallel 
lines, but brings the feet inward toward the middle line of the body when 
trotting, in order to maintain balance.Faults of gait, whether from front, rear 
or side, are to be considered very serious faults. 


  3. He must substantial and not spindly, giving the impression, both at rest 
and in motion, of muscular fitness and nimbleness without any look of 
clumsiness or soft living

  4.He must be stamped with a look of quality and nobility--difficult to 
define, but unmistakable when present.

  Michael Lynch
  BlackHawk Farms, LLC

   


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