[ SHOWGSD-L ] Nationals & "the illusion"....
- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:42:02 -0800
Kathaleen is RIGHT ON.........except......those that really ARE "Breeders" in
every sense of
the word as I know Kathaleen is......stick with their ideals and the dogs they
really think will
really be the best for their goal and vision of the German Shepherd Dog.....and
do no harm.
<G>
Part of exactly what Kathaleen has described is that we have for the most part
become
exhibitors ( and sadly, judges ....and breeders ) who are totally dependant
upon handlers
to make mediocre dogs look like great dogs with... bigger bells, more noise,
speed, tighter
leashes, digging in and flying to give the illusion of topline, and rear
drive......with a handler
at the helm presenting an illusion to the fancy and the judges with a host of
doublers.
As long as many continue to be taken in by this illusion of movement and
outline, we will
never get over the hurdle of being at the mercy of judges that go for the
"presentation" and
handlers that promote the sheer volume of output of some lines and dogs that go
around
the ring like a 'wind up toy.'
We dig our own hole..........
As it is.......we continue down into this vortex of sheer presentation and not
correct solid GSD
movement that is athletic and powerful with the ability to turn, stop, gait
slow and accelerate
with powerful transmission while moving smoothly with agility and athleticism
as they herd,
guide, swim.....leap over tall buildings......<G>.....AND have goreous heads,
good feed and
pasterns, correct powerful follow through and that "look" when just
standing.....with strong
"bridges"....the back that transmits that power with no dips or roaches to
hide...... or nicks
that drop at the wither
NOW we need 'camps' or as Kathleen says "cartels" ......professional
doublers.... many
'set hand clappers' ......and we don't seem to really want to see a good
German Shepherd Dog
presented entirely on a loose leash............just gaiting............
Now where did I put that fire extinguisher..............<G>
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathaleen Strong To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November
19, 2008 8:32 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] FW: Nationals
To: 'zanebgsd@xxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Nationals
Zane:
You're new to the game, and while I admire your spunk to make your opinion
known -- I'd like to point out we have breeders who are focusing on several
things -- SIDEGAIT is not one of them. I'm not trying to bust your chops
here -- but if the breeders were focusing on sidegait -- we wouldn't have
the degradation of movement we are seeing in the ring today.
I'd say we have breeders focusing on (tongue in cheek):
1) What my handler tells me will win?
2) How can I practice the popular "target practice" method of breeding as
many litters as I can to produce 5-6 decent quality puppies so I can tout my
stud dog as a "top producer of "winners""?
3) What my handler/mentor tells me I should breed to so I can produce a
winner?
4) If my handler/mentor tells me it's a good one and I write a check, I'll
get a champion
5) Well my good athletic moving dogs are being defeated by what these "top
producers" are producing, I better breed to them, because, I want a winner!
6) If they say it on the list that it's a top producer, it must be! Wow,
I've never seen a dog with such a poor shoulder, bad croup, bad back --
hmmm... but this dog is a top producer! He must be a second-coming... if he
can be a top producer and overcome these structural issues!
What we have is... breeders who are not being independent, free thinking
individuals. Instead we have a majority of breeders following the edicts of
a handful of handlers or cartels. Of course this is not "every" breeder out
there, but those free thinking individuals are becoming few and far between.
I do agree with you, the headpieces on the dogs is not as good as it has
been in years gone by.
Kathaleen
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