[ SHOWGSD-L ] Specialty vs AB, perception
- From: "David Fritsche" <dfritsche@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:16:48 -0700
Her observations were intereseting. She was appalled at the
"crippled" dogs
she saw at the Specialty. She could not believe the dogs walking on
their
hocks and the flapping/paddling front feet. > Laura Thomas
Laura, we have a friend who raises Irish Wolf Hounds, judges her own
breed, plus several others and was wanting to expand into GSD's, so we
invited her to a show and tried to explain what she was seeing to her.
That is precisely my perspective - The GSD has to be explained,
because it is unlike any other breed.
* It stands different
* It moves different
* It has the greatest range of motion, both front & rear of any
breed.
* It may move more like a cat than any other breed.
At the show our friend was going on about how we have ruined the
breed, made them cripples, "see, they walk on their hocks", etc.,
etc.. the same old lines. So, we started with the simple analogy of
the pendulum swing, asking which stroke will propel the dog further, a
short, broken stride of one that gets up under in the rear and opens
well behind the dog without kicking up. After much explanation and
observation, she saw what I was saying. Then we took her out on the
show grounds and handed her our girl, rather extreme - told him to
stay and walked away 100 ft. or so and then called her. He jerked her
off her feet, broke the swivel, and came to me. She was then a
believer.....
When you see the proper powerful movement of the GSD and understand
what it is, it is a beautiful thing. When you see it as a critic, your
reality is warped into seeing something so different that it can only
be described as crippled. It is not really what you see, but the frame
of reference through which you see it. Reality is interpretive!
Unfortunately!!! Appreciation of the proper GSD movement is an
acquired education.
No, I am not justifying lift in front, moving from the elbow in front,
locked hocks in the rear, etc.... I do not like that either. But the
general picture of the GSD is largely misunderstood by the novice, the
untrained, the import enthusiast and sometimes the judge. <G>
Dave
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