[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What ever happened to the "show" in showdog?
- From: "robert dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx>, "The List" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 20:58:10 -0600
SOOOO TRUE! Remember the shorthair that did the freestack at Westminster a
couple of years ago??? How awesome was that. Sandi
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From: "Mary Tripp" <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What ever happened to the "show" in showdog?
> Kathy,
> Greg and I train our crew to free stack. There is nothing prettier than a
> dog who stacks himself with the handler out 8-15 feet behind the dog and
> the dog's posture saying "look at me - I am the best".
>
> Mary
> At 12:36 PM 11/4/2007, Kathy Tank wrote:
>
>>Hi Guys
>>I was having an interesting conversation the other day with some folks,
>>and
>>we talked about some of the
>>great showmen (persons?) and dogs past and present.
>>Some good questions came up , such as:
>>Is it true that Specialty handlers won't bait stack a dog much at a
>>specialty for fear of the judge believing
>>or having the opinion "This is an AB dog" and why is that? Personally I
>>love to see bait stacking, pretty
>>hard to hand fix cow hocks and toeing out with a quick step into a
>>stack.....
>>(let me qualify I am NOT talking about the dogs that even the handler
>>can't
>>get near without a butterfly net, and
>>the only thing that one can do IS bait stack, because you sure aren't
>>touching the dog, lol.)
>>Why aren't dogs "grandstanded" more at big specialties and our National?
>>Afterall it is a dog SHOW, not an assembaly
>>line,...shouldn't SHOWmanship on the part of the handler and RING PRESENCE
>>AND DESIRE AND " LOOK AT ME"
>>be a part of a great showdog?
>>
>>I love to see a dog, at a Specialty or AB step beautifully into a stack.
>>Whether they are bait stacking or "free" stacking looking
>>at the judge/crowd/mommy/daddy. I love to see a dog ask for, no, DEMAND
>>a
>>look.
>>
>>Jimmy Moses, regardless of how anyone feels is a truly great SHOWMAN.
>>
>>Are there judges out there that would be willing to admit they would NOT
>>be
>>likely to put up a dog at a specialty or National
>>that were bait stacked often? <VBG>
>>
>>Remember Scoop and how GORGEOUS HE LOOKED when Terry would just let him
>>step
>>into a stack , on his own accord.....
>>stunning.
>> .
>>Love to hear theories, comments. I say let them SHOW -off if they are
>>capable and love it....it is part of what makes it so special.
>>Kathy Tank--
>>http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com
>>Ch. Elvaston's Nations Cup, TC, OFA
>>26 BOB/BISS to Date
>>
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