Moto has competed in AKC, American Herding Breed Association (AHBA), and Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA) Sheep Herding events and the people and comments have always been very complimentary and supportive. In Rally, they are particularly impressed with how Moto can sit in front of a jump waiting for my command and then spring over like a gazelle--that angulation does come in handy :) I always take time at shows to talk to folks that are visiting and when they ask about the angulation and the one leg back stance, I tell them that it comes in handy when accelerating to chase down an unruly sheep . . . Peg Graham - http://HessenGSD.com Home of Multiple BISS, Pacific Coast Victrix, #8 GSD in 2012, GCH CH Mariner's Akaya RN HSAs "Moto" "May I always be the kind of person my dogs think I am." -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MASSTANA@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:36 AM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: THE DECLINE OF THE CONFORMATION RING I would be curious to know if anybody has ever taken a good looking, sound tempered, clean coming and going, but angulated shepherd to a performance trial and gotten a reaction from the exhibitors which was not welcoming and complementing? I know at our local conformation shows if someone comes by with a good looking, but obviously not a show quality shepherd, we all still go over and complement the dog to the owner and ask where the dog came from. Trying to be nice, not looking for an opportunity to tear down the breeder. I ask this because it seems that any degree of angulation will cause some folks to decry the "poor shepherd breed" and how far the breed has fallen. I wonder if you had taken a top conformation winning shepherd with you to a performance event, whether you would have been as welcome. Just curious. John V ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================