[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The way we were

  • From: James Barnhart <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Lealynn@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:58:56 -0800

> Liz,  You said that:  "You wish some judges would go back to  
> rewarding the dogs with the easiest longest sidegaits instead of the  
> fastest quick stepping racer."  My question is how can a judge  
> reward that kind of gait when for all intents and purposes it  
> doesn't exist any more?  Jim Barnhart


On Dec 16, 2007, at 8:00 AM, lealynn@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 12/16/2007 6:23:25 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> let me  tell you that most double handlers are AWFUL.
> They harm the exhibiting of  their dog more than they help them.   
> How can one
> see a GSD gaiting  properly when they are pulling on a leash trying  
> to get to
> their  owner.  This is not a natural gait for a GSD.  More  
> exhibitors need
> to
> re-read the standard and go to a GSD judges seminar to re-educate   
> themselves
> as to what constitutes proper gait for a GSD.  I have  attended  
> seminars
> under 5 different presenters and never has anyone of the  five  
> advocated that
> a GSD had to pull on the lead to gait  properly.
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> Last night we attended our club's Christmas Party graciously hosted  
> by the
> Ginsburgs.  In both the living and family rooms, the TV was playing  
> the DVD  of
> The 25 years of Nationals.  I had forgotten how the dogs used to be   
> shown.
> You could SEE the dogs moving effortlessly and not the crazy  pulling
> scrambling legs flying in all directions presentations we see   
> today.  OK, call me an
> old fart that doesn't like change, but seriously  they looked so  
> much more
> dignified in those old tapes.  I sure wish some  judges would go  
> back to
> rewarding the dogs with the easiest longest  sidegaits instead of  
> the fastest quickest
> stepping racer.
>
>
> Liz
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> Signers of the Breeders Code
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