This reminds me of one of the books Kent Boyles gave me as an assignment! It was a really old book to read on structure and movement. He gave me others too but this one was so interesting. It was about all breeds of dogs and was quite technical. I think he just got tired of my questions LOL. I have enjoyed all the recent post and ideas. Kathy Hall Msg: #9 in digest From: "pmick12" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Fw: Re: Food For Thought on Movement Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:26:17 -0500 Many Pembroke Welsh Corgis have a noticeable period of suspension, too. Actually, ANY balanced trot is a two-beat gait with a period of suspension.........ask any horseman. We humans ought to realize that, too...when we run or jog, WE have a little period of suspension........that time when neither foot is on the ground.........which is how I used to explain it to my 4-H kids......... They couldn't always see it, but they could sure feel it..........!! Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================