Carolyn if you had ever seen me move you would know i do not have a period of suspension😝 Sally > On Sep 1, 2014, at 1:10 PM, "carolyn mckenna" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > (Redacted sender "carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC) wrote: > > This claim of our show lines being comprised of cripples is ludicrous. Our > breed is > an endurance herding dog., If you are seeing a 45% topline, you are looking > at a rabbit. > Any dog standing with his rear feet behind the ischium will have a sloping > topline. > A correctly structured GS will stand with one rear leg back and one forward, > allowing > him to pivot in any direction and be moving immediately after a recalcitrant > ewe > Our standard calls for thr upper and lower thighs to be long, thua allowing > the rear foot > to reach well under , grab the ground and propel the whole body forward. > This is the > > period of suspension, this is the fling trot, not speed. Most animals have a > period of suspension > at the trot, even humans. It is the length of that period of suspension that > gives our correctly > structured dogs the effortless endurance necessary for them to work all day. > > Carolyn > > ============================================================================ > 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/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================