[ SHOWGSD-L ] Shoulders opening - where are they?

  • From: Daleen Dunphy <amaleen@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:05:28 -0400

More and more I have been noticing ads in the Review, pics on web sites
and/or people posting pics of their dogs gaiting showing no shoulder opening.

I am seeing dogs lifting/moving out from their elbows. I hear/read some say
"look at that front" only because they are seeing the dogs foot out by
(pass) the dogs nose.

Are these fronts becoming so much of the norm that people believe this to
be correct?

A couple of months ago there was a photo in the Review of a dog gaiting. I
just had to show this pic to my son to see if he noticed it. Sure enough
he pointed out and said " the leg is sticking out from the elbow and it
doesn't look like the elbow has even moved". My young grasshopper is learning
well <G>

I know judging dogs from pics can be very hard and so much of what we see
as in the movement depends on the second of the gait when the photo is
taken - and I know getting the pic at the right time showing the dog
fully opened (when they are correct) is not easy. But I sure would rather
see the "correct" than a wrong timing of movement leaving
people going "hmmmm".

ok off my soap box

Daleen




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