[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V3 #3214

From: Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:24:32 EST
Msg: #2 in digest
From: Jim Barnhart <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Need Some Help Re: Movement
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:18:11 -0800

You are right. There probably never has been a time when "suspended 
movement" was prevalent. IMO, I just haven't seen a really great 
one in a long time. I remember seeing Sel. Ch. Cinnabar's Edward 
Teach when he won Best in Futurity in Seattle in the early 80's. His 
ligaments were like powerful springs that thrust him forward on a 
long, low arc. He literally floated without lifting even when 
walking. I think the dynamics of this kind of movement are a rare 
and fortuitous combination of flexible ligamentation and powerful 
musculature laid on a correctly angulated bone structure. Maybe a 
mysterious element as well. A lot of folks think their dogs move 
with suspension like I describe but they really don't. When I talk 
about gait that I see now, I see a lot of nice looking animals that 
have good front reach, solid mid-pieces that transmit well, good 
under reach and follow through in the rear and are well balanced. 
Their ligaments are tight and their motion is piston like and hard 
driving and they go like hell. I can't really fault them. They 
can't be called mediocre. The movers of today are quite ubiquitous 
and seem to pass their movement to their progeny in good numbers. 
They would make excellent herding dogs. Maybe this is better than 
hoping for that legend that comes along once in a lifetime.


  JIM:   I THINK  WHEN WE LOST OUR GOOD TO  EXCELLENT FOREQUARTERS, WE LOST 
THE  MOVEMENT YOU DESCRIBE..
  WE CHANGED THE BREED'S  STRUCTURE AND LOST THE  LONG-STRIDED , CAT-LIKE 
GAIT... . JMO BARB WILLIAMS


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