OH......I JUDGE THE BREED.....all the time!! <G>
But my way..... I don't have to file paperwork with AKC .....Just file it away
in my own brain.
Nor do I have to commit to a weekend away from my family a year and a half down
the road.
Thanks Ed..... I think........<G> Now about those pig hocks with red beans
and rice........
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
From: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 11, ;
2016 2:19 PM
To: stormy435@xxxxxxxxx; Carolyn Martello Cc: 'freelist' Subject: Re: Locked
Hocks?
It's truly a loss to our sport that the person who wrote the post that this is
in response to does NOT care to judge our breed! It's our loss! Ed Hill
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------ Original Message ------
From: Carolyn Martello
To: stormy435@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx, freelist
Sent: July 11, 2016 at 1:18 PM
Subject: RE: Locked Hocks?
I would not call this 'locked hocks' on this photo.
The hock appears to be extended and opened up the same distance as the front
foot is extended.
The foot not fully open & straight out. But seldom do you see that straight
line of extension without
seeing a 'kick up' also anyway. Also inefficient and will tire a dog out.
While not COMPLETELY opened up...this hock is equal to the front....and if it
WERE opened all the
way....the dog would be 'out of sync' with the front, and in my opinion would
have to compensate
somewhere. But this is not really a locked hock. IMO.
She does not have an extreme front extension and therefore the rear does not
fully extend completely
open either. If it did... the timing would be off?
( still not dragging toes like true locked hocks would cause... )
Locked hocks would leave the hock that is on the ground completely flat... and
hock AND stifle would
be really bent from the weight as the dog's body passes over its ground
contact, and the hock that is
extended WOULD be perpendicular to the ground instead of following the line of
the front extension.
Think of a lever that is rusted and won't open up to extend. That is a visual
of locked hocks. They do
not open up for the rear thrust....they pick the hock up and set it down under
the dog instead of 'driving'
up under the dog, and there is no extension on the follow through. ( Or hock
opening up in a straight
line for the rear thrust ) ...causing the dog to drag its toes or rock up and
down in the rear. OR...often
the result we usually see a lot if you watch the dog turn the corner in the
ring is the dog rotating the
stifle out to keep the toes from dragging. ALL resulting in.....no power, and
not clean going away.
But maybe...........if you add Ed's "red beans and rice"......
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
On Monday, July 11, 2016, Stormy V. Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tanya, please put your email addy in the body of the post… it doesn’t show up
unless you do.
Tanya, others will explain much better than I, but imagine the GSD’s rear legs
flowing out behind him, stretched fully close to the ground. Then imagine the
GSD whose rear leg just lifts up from the hock, doesn’t stretch out, when he
thrusts the leg back. I have no idea who this dog is, but you can see the
locked hock here. If it shows up :-)
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On Jul 11, 2016, at 6:53 AM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Ask your butcher! You cook them with red beans and rice! It's the lower legs of
the pig! Very tasty if cooked correctly. Hope that helps! lol FB
From: Tanya D'ArmandTo: freelist
Morning. Over the weekend got into a discussion about locked hocks. I didn't
discuss much because I have no clue what they are, what to look for or anything
about them. Will those in the know please be kind enough to bring me up to
speed on them. Examples would be great as well. I can assume what they might
be but I don't want to assume anything. Thanks in advance to those in the know.
Tanya D'Armand
