[ SHOWGSD-L ] more movement
- From: carolyn mckenna <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:52:20 -0800 (PST)
In all of these posts (good ones ) concerning movement, few have
referred to suspension as opposed to "busy". I do not believe you can
have both in the same dog. If those legs are moving like pistons, there can
be no drive, thus no suspension. In one class at the national there were
two males one behind the other who were a "text book" comparison of
this difference. They both looked like they were reaching; they were
both impressive males,and they were both going at the same speed.
However, one had that piston like movement, taking virtually two steps
to each one step of the dog in front of him. What is it about "covering
the maximum amount of ground with the MINIMUM number of steps"
(emphasis mine) that can possibly be unclear in our standard ? And
why cannot folks see this even when the dog is not racing at mach
speed ? Our standard states "At a walk, it covers a great deal of ground
with long stride------" Nowhere does it indicate that the faster the dog
goes the more busy the legs. Quite the reverse : the more drive, the
more effortless the movement. These days, many of the dogs are worked
on a treadmill. This is good exercise if the treadmill is set at a slow,
easy speed rather than, as is often the case, used to teach the dog to
move increasingly faster. Judges used to reward that easy effortless
movement and some still do ; all judges should.
Carolyn
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