[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [amergsd] Standard Illustrated

  • From: Elsyd1@xxxxxxx
  • To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:16:01 EDT

 
In a message dated 4/23/2006 6:09:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
MarcatoGSD@xxxxxxx writes:
I keep looking for comments that are offensive and see none.  Seen  her 
illustrations and don't see anything offensive about those.
They  are, IMO, just true depictions of what she sees.  And, if I were to say 
 
she were biased at all towards German dogs, it would be the German working  
lines, not the highlines.
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She has  cleaned up her act, but here below are her comments on American 
specialty  dogs.  






(Click on Images for larger Pictures)  
Dog C is the extreme type of animal that can win top awards in the American  
specialty show ring. His proportions are 10:8, which donâ??t sound 
unreasonable, 
 but in actuality creates a dog of unacceptable length. He represents an  
evolution of the breed away from a body type that is athletic and strong,  
towards one that shows an optically dramatic gait. The emphasis on gait has  
resulted in a lack of attention to other problems and a noticeable loss of 
breed  
type.  
This dogâ??s head is small and weak, lacks good depth of stop, is too long in  
foreface, and the skull lacks depth and jaw strength. The head has a collie 
like  quality which is atypical and weak. He has a straight front assembly and  
associated short upper arm, and carries his head vertically because of the  
steepness of the withers and backline. This neck also lacks breadth of  
attachment, and is too long. The large prosternum and filled forechest can give 
 the 
illusion of a broad, well set shoulder. His lower arm is a bit short, which  
contributes to his low station and low, sweeping gait, but it is less efficient 
 
for galloping and jumping. The pasterns are down and will probably collapse 
into  a plantar position under the pressure of landing off a high jump. The 
feet are  flat. His withers are high, but more because his hindquarters are low 
than  because of their structure. The chest is very deep, because it has been 
squashed  flat, and is slab sided and narrow when seen from the front. A 
tremendously long  body means a very long spine. Itâ??s strong enough to give 
the dog 
an elegant  topline, but is too long for agility and jumping, and slopes 
unnaturally even  when the dog is standing informally. He has an underline and 
abdominal cavity  which is long and drooping, giving the abdominal organs far 
more 
space than they  need. The croup and tail are long and beautiful. Angulation 
in the stifle is  unbalanced with the angulation of the shoulder, being 
considerably more acute: a  full right angle. The lower hind leg has lengthened 
proportionately much longer  than the lower arm, pushing the hock downward and 
forming an acute angle at the  hock joint, known as sickle hocks. These are 
accompanied by long, loose Achilles  tendons which cannot snap the hock open 
for a 
sharp, strong, propulsive  follow-through.  
In movement, Dog C gives the illusion of impressive stride and power. He does 
 show fine reach, because he is so loosely ligamented. Some show an 
exaggerated  reach, with the foreleg actually achieving an horizontal position. 
A 
normally  muscled front with good bone relationships can't do this, at least 
not at 
a  trot. The exaggerated rear angulation ostensibly increases power and 
drive. What  it actually does is produce an overextended length of stride, 
which 
requires an  excessively long back to absorb it. It also gives the associated 
floppy, sickle  (and probably cow) hocks that are unable to completely snap 
open 
on  follow-through, and that waste a great deal of energy. The rear is 
lowered as a  result, sloping not just the topline, but the spine as well. An 
opened 
hock is  achieved by speed, with the hock thrown back and flipped open of its 
own  momentum, but providing no power. Hence the over fast gaiting at so many 
 specialty shows. Loose, excessive angles also prevent the dog from showing 
any  period of suspension, even at faster speeds. The hind leg has landed 
almost up  to the hock (plantar) before the forefoot is anywhere near leaving 
the 
ground.  The dog canâ??t generate sufficient power to lift and suspend the 
body. 
Needless  to say, this conformation is incapable of providing the power or 
coordination  necessary for fast galloping or athletic jumping.  
The overall effect is of a very dramatic, even elegant, moving dog  
(especially if it's in good condition), with a racy topline, huge stride and  
great 
speed. The speed at which he is gaited makes the details inside the  silhouette 
difficult to see, and an extreme dog can appear very impressive. He  can even 
make a correct dog seem lacking, and will initially cover more ground,  faster 
and with more flash, leaving the correct dog behind. It would take some  time, 
longer than a few hours in a show ring, before the correct dog's  effortless, 
floating gait ran the extreme dog into the ground. Also, the correct  dog 
will show a normal walk, wonâ??t stand on its hocks, can gallop well and will  
have 
good jumping and turning ability, things that will be more of a problem for  
this extreme dog.  


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