[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The Way We Were
- From: "Kay Reamensnyder" <bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:51:39 -0800
I think there is part of this discussion that we have not addressed and that
is
because it is very difficult to recognize and define...............it is
something that
is present in every great athelete, race horse, show dog, etc............it
is a state
of mind. How many times have you seen a really beautifully structured
animal
that turns out just to be an average mover....and visa/versa, an average
animal
just standing but moves much better than you thought it might.
Imagine the athelete (both animal and man) that has that "heart"...the sense
of
self and the joy of moving combined with great structure and balance.
Maybe the answer to your question, Jim, is that we don't pay enough
attention to the
"heart" of our dogs anymore......I think the old timers had a much better
sense of
that sort of thing than we do today. I really believe this is an innate
sense...it can not
be taught.
Kay
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Barnhart" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <billgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] The Way We Were
> Bill, I think loose lead evaluation is a better way of finding the
> dog that is the best mover relative to the other dogs in the ring.
> The point that I'm having a hard time getting across is that I think
> that the power that once thrust some of our great movers of the past
> forward is gone. No amount of loose lead evaluation is going to bring
> it back. As to why this happened I can only speculate. I'm sure that
> many think I am full of it and that the best dogs today move as well
> as any the greats of past eras. Our best GSDs of today are close to
> the Standard in structure and type but to my eye even the good movers
> lack this rare quality that is hard to describe to those who haven't
> seen it. A lot of GSDs do win because breeders are keeping and
> showing dogs that can run fast and that is the trend now. I am sure
> that many of us will continue to breed and exhibit GSDs that meet the
> Standard but if I am right in my observations we need to be very
> careful preserving the traits that have made our breed great. Jim
>
> On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:10 AM, Bill Basu wrote:
>
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