[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Return to Canine Discussions
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: caggra@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:10:00 -0500
Boy, is that ever right! Some years ago I was giving the German
Shepherd portion of a judges education weekend here in Virginia. I
called Kevin Reynolds, who was living in Virginia at the time, and asked
him to round up some dogs to bring for the program. He and Bonna P.
brought half a dozen dogs, including a Futurity winner...and those two
people kept those dogs moving all afternoon...two at a time. The
would-be judges absorbed one thing that day that they'd never realized
before...that the one who comes in like gangbusters isn't always the one
who can still look good after a couple of warm up rounds... it was an
eye opener for sure.
They got to see the difference between a dog that could really move out,
not racing, but calmly at the end of a loose lead, and one who just
pulled and tried to run ... and they could see reach, drive, follow
thru, and suspension...things most of them had no idea about until that
day.
(I'm saying Jeff is right about the difference between dogs in the
all breed ring for 3 minutes and dogs who can gait for 15 or 20
minutes...nothing else)
peggy
caggra@xxxxxxx wrote:
>The only problem I have with this Ann is that judges (especially at all breed
>shows) only have 2-3 minutes or so to look at the dogs. So, in those few
>minutes the coming and going may not affect the dog's movement from the
>side.....but those dogs who are not clean coming and going - Take them to herd
>Sheep all day long or to our National Specialty and see what happens to them
>after a few laps around the big ring. More often than not it WILL affect
>their movement from the side. How many times have we all seen a dog come
>into a National or a Specialty looking like a star....then a few laps later
>they break down? There are quite a few like this.
>
>So, while I certainly like a good sidegaiting dog....I just think we do have
>to look from all angles.
>
>
>
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