Stormy On May 16, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Stormy Hope wrote: > What people should do, occasionally, is find a German line forum and > read the comments about the American line dogs. What Dania is saying > is exactly what you will read. They won't see the stacking, they will > just "read" the picture. Of course, some of the comments are off the > wall, but the hock on the ground and the ski-slope topline, the > exaggerated length are wysiwyg. > > I even "meet" some of the people from THIS list on those lists... and > that's interesting, too. > > Stormy > > > On May 16, 2009, at 8:41 PM, DKARLOFF@xxxxxxx wrote: > >> I find this "giraffe topline" to be most damaging when it is shown >> in a >> National magazine where the general public gets a distorted vision >> of our >> breed. The words "crippled and unable to function" easily comes to >> their mind >> when they view a dog with a topline that looks like a ski-slope and >> the >> hocks are completely laying on the ground. It pains me to see >> someone pay >> significant amount of monies to show this "caricature" and the >> feeling is >> doubled when the culprit is a "handler" who should know better. >> Dania >> > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================