[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: interesting
- From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:30:21 -0600
Quite a few of the working, hounds and some sporting breeds appear to be
down at the whither..long in the loin and straight in the front along with
straight pasterns. As I am writing this..I am looking in the AKC standard
book. this may be correct for the breed..but not correct for ours..but
again there are many more like the aforementioned..not many , if any like
the GSD. As for terriers..if they are not straight in front..then how can
you use the word "straight" to describe their fronts..ie "straight upper
arm" Let's use the Fox terrier for example. A straight line drawn from the
ground will show the shoulder to be nearly under the base of the dogs neck.
the whole front assembly is pushed forward in comparison to what a GSD
should have and the pasterns are stick straight also.There is no prosternum
to speak of. Backs are hard and short..but croups are flatter and tails set
high.There is no turn of stifle to speak of..thus the rear in my eyes is
straight in comparison to a GSD. Afghans and Cockers probably have closer
rear angulation to the GSD, but it is masked by coat.. However, the same
can be said for the GSD ..if you have a kennel full of soft backs, straight
shoulders, flat croups, and poor temperaments that you make excuses for,
etc..then often this is what you get used to seeing and in time many will
believe this is correct, exhibitors and judges alike.People in positions to
influence can use that power to make a positive impact and educate those
judges who don't know. Instead they often show mediocrity and the premise
of the sport becomes "let's see how many I can finish..just because of who
I am and who I can manipulate".How refreshing it would be if the premise of
the sport became "this breed has been good to me..if not for it, I would be
no one..let see if I can leave a legacy to better the breed.." I think I
will put the later on my "Grown up Christmas List.." Christine
> [Original Message]
> From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Barbara or DTA Amidon <amidon@xxxxxxxxx>; <cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
<showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 12/20/2006 9:40:40 AM
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: interesting
>
> That is another problem not limited to judging Shepherds. People who
> come from square breeds, like Old English, have to train their eye to
> not unconsciously penalize long dogs, like Pembroke Welsh Corgis, and
> vice versa.
> As for a terrier person accepting straight fronts and/or rears, I
> have to say that you should have said "comparative," because straight
> fronts and rears are wrong in terriers, too. Of course you were
> speaking "generally," but terriers don't have straight fronts...they
> have shorter, straighter upper arms...and so do many German Shepherds,
> which is why they lift so. Tom Castiota and I had a discussion about
> that nearly 20 years ago...and about 5 years ago he brought it up to me
> again, and he said "you know something, you were right about those
> terrier fronts on German Shepherds. Look at that dog....." and we were
> at a specialty at the time.
> Soft backs are a fault in any breed...but I know what Christine
> means about Mastiffs...they appear soft because that's a "wet" breed...
> As for a successful Shepherd breeder finding good ones in other
> breeds, that's no more true than for any other breed, sorry. The real
> problem is that many of our judges never bred anything good...they just
> handed dogs over to handlers who made champions for them. Sound
> familiar? There are also people in many breeds, including Shepherds,
> who had successful breeding programs for years, who did not depend on
> handlers to tell them which dogs to keep and which ones to get rid
> of...those people aren't stupid just because they bred
> Dachshunds.........they are just like some of you out there...they don't
> give a damn about other breeds.
> Many of them do not attempt to judge Shepherds, either.
> There are entirely too many generalities posted here that are done
> so as if people were speaking with a direct line to the Almighty.
> Everything that can be said about German Shepherd judging can be said in
> any breed...and there are as many crooked judges in this breed as there
> are in any breed.
>
> This is the only breed I judge in which breeders, handlers, and breeder
> judges have tried to "fix" shows. And I judge a good number of
> breeds...not as many as Helen, but a good number...and I'll stick by
> that statement.
> Peggy
>
> hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >I assume you are "supposed" to..but often you judge what you look at
> >everyday. If you are a terrier person doing shepherds..then straight
fronts
> >a rears look ok on a GSD...if you are a mastiff person..then a soft back
is
> >ok in a GSD...For me..it is hard to look at a breed with a soft
back..even
> >though I know it may be acceptable and even correct for that breeds
> >standard.If I feel that way..perhaps those who judge GSD's with a
> >background in another breed impose their own breeds standards on GSD's!
> >Since many other breeds lack our angulation front and rear and our
movement
> >is unique to our breed.WE are the ones who are different..and getting
> >all-breed judges to learn and recognize that difference a constant work
in
> >progress. I have always heard that if you can breed GSD's successfully,
you
> >can find good ones in others breeds too.I have found that to be a pretty
> >reliable statement.Christine
> >
> >
> >
>
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