[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Standing around looking pretty all day
- From: "robert dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:53:59 -0600
A funny thing that Lamar once said "When the class is not very good--pick
them standing". Not sure that is the right thing to do but he did say
that---Lamar said many things--bless his heart! Sandi
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From: "Barbara Galasso" <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Standing around looking pretty all day
> Nothing more pretty than a dog that has beautiful breed type....I'm sure
> we all agree on that. Nothing more pretty than a dog who walks into a
> stance and set's himself up..........but he does that because he's built
> properly. But our breed was not meant to stand around and look pretty
> all day. It is a functional breed that was bred for a purpose and in
> order for him to fulfill that purpose, it must be able to move
> correctly, and in order for him to move correctly, it must be built
> correctly. If you want pretty, go to the breed of dogs that were not
> bred to be anything but a companion to man, like the toy breeds. You
> can put ribbons in their hair and pouf them up to look as pretty as you
> want.
>
> IMO, there were more pretty dogs at this years National than there were
> moving dogs. I can count on my one hand how many I thought could move.
> (I'm talking males here). I do not think one should sacrifice type for
> movement or the other way around. I believe most of our standard is
> about structure of the GSD than it is of type. Having proper structure
> would mean that it moves properly. Having the look of eagles, again
> IMO, means it has the proper structure, bone, head, secondary sex
> characteristics. It doesn't say anywhere in our standard that it should
> have pretty breed type. The way I read it, it talks about structure,
> movement and temperament.
>
> In one generation you can get pretty. Try getting shoulders, bone,
> head, chest, movement, etc. in one generation. This shows IMO, what a
> good breeder is.............is when he can get the things that the
> standard requires, not just what is pretty to the eye. We have all had
> beautiful puppies that were just that, beautiful and if they couldn't
> move, we sold them into pet homes. They are pretty pets. Ask most
> breeders which puppies they hold onto when they are picking out their
> best ones...............time and time again, the answer will be the
> puppies that can move. Why, because they have the proper structure.
> MOST breeders do not hold onto their puppies that can't move that they
> are considering for showing just because it's pretty. It's the mover
> that will catch their eye time and time again. That's what makes the
> star stand out from the mediocre puppy.....pretty or not. All of us
> have owned at one time or another the ordinary dog, and some of us if
> you were lucky, have owned a superstar. Personally speaking, I've loved
> all my dogs, superstar or not, but I find it most unattractive when a
> GSD can't move. And I've owned pretty with beautiful hindquarters, and
> toplines......pretty standing, yes, but couldn't move out of its own
> way. I have also been privileged to own some superstar movers, and once
> you own that kind of movement, everything else pales next to it. You
> could watch them move all day, they float, they suspend, they cover the
> ground, the shoulder opens, the rear drives. Now to me, that's pretty!
> Once you own it, you want it again, and as I said it takes many
> generations to breed a great mover unless you start out with one.
>
> Pretty is common in today's ring, movement is a rare gem. I want that
> rare gem again and won't be satisfied until I get it again. So if you
> got movement in your lines, keep it because as you could see by this
> years National, it's the hardest thing to get. As always JMO, Barbara
> Galasso
>
>
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