Also Peggy, I seem to recall STUNNING shots of Repo Man the Dobie in full suspension, four off the floor, as well as the Pointer that so charmed and won Westminister a few years ago. That kind of suspension even over shadows some of our GSDs, esp with the recent onslaught of lack of topline and short leggedness, and lack of croup and upper arm. We are not the only ones that can go "four off the floor" Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com~or~ http://www.germanshepherdssocal.com PUP-DATED: MAY 6, 2009 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Peggy M <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You're right, of course....because a trot, by definition, has a period of > suspension. That period comes between the two beats of the trot! > You'd be surprised how many people in dogs don't understand that!!! About > 20 years ago I > tried explaining that to some people in another breed, and some of them > don't speak to me to this very day!!! They still believe that in order for > there to be suspension, a dog has to have long legs! > Peggy > ----- Original Message ----- > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================