Great post, thanks MYJOY SHEPHERDS Joyce Willis -----Original Message----- From: Morton Goldfarb <janandmort@xxxxxxx> To: marhaven <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; carolynmckenna <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>; lindenhillgsd <lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>; rbuffdogs <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: campaignersgsd <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>; myjoygs <myjoygs@xxxxxxx>; mustlovedogs61 <mustlovedogs61@xxxxxxxxx>; SHOWGSD-L <SHOWGSD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 4:30 pm Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: .. the little secret... unsound MOVEMENT The natural gait of the German Shepherd Dog is the slow to medium trot and our breed has 3 gaits--walk(pace), slow to medium trot, and gallop nothing else!!!! Anything else is not correct---it is not how fast but how efficient and buoyancy and balance are critical. The front reach goes to the tip of the nose maximum. The rear is the engine the back is the transmission and the front is the steering mechanism. The rear contributes approximately 95-97% of the power with the front approximately 3 to 5 %. The GSD is not a race horse and the natural gait allows the maximum functionality--the original intent-"a herding breed" with the ability to function in many other areas. That is why our breed is the "greatest purebred dog" Thanks, Morton Morton Goldfarb,M.D. FACS CEO-Ent Associates of Alabama, P.C. -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: carolynmckenna <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>; lindenhillgsd <lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>; rbuffdogs <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: campaignersgsd <campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx>; myjoygs <myjoygs@xxxxxxx>; mustlovedogs61 <mustlovedogs61@xxxxxxxxx>; SHOWGSD-L <SHOWGSD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 3:10 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: .. the little secret... unsound MOVEMENT Wish it were that simple.....<G> dog CAN have a long stride and that sought after front extension..but s Kathy stated below...when moving and turning and changing speeds s in herding....."the wheels can start to come off" ..... ome dogs move beautifully underneath...but the back has a sag..or hinge or a roach right behind the wither or just WAY TOO MUCH ACTION hen moving.....and the croup is bouncing all over...the follow through an have a hock that rotates outward to keep from dragging the toes...or neck carried in a right angle from the wither....or down.......YUCK! nother problem we are beginning to see a lot with this love affair for ore front extension is the rear that does not "MATCH" the front.... ence the dogs are required to FLY .... to push into the leash to drop n the rear and "appear" to have the rear drive.....we are starting o see a lot of kick up when not pulling.....DOUBLE YUCK!! Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ww.marhaven.com n Behalf Of carolyn mckenna o: lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx; rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx ubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: .. the little secret... unsound temperament Kathy and Mike are both correct. To some judges speed is the do all-end ll. For the eally competent judge it is irrelevant. When I mentor, I mark off between osts or ing markers and have the person count the number of times the dog's left oot hits the ground. t is a great way to show a person how to become aware of the "fewer steps o cover the ground" oncept in our standard. This works even in the AB ring. But then, erhaps I have forgotten hat our standard doesn't seem to mean much anymore. sigh arolyn ________________________________ ubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: .. the little secret... unsound temperament speed is not a factor in this example, the tape does not lie, a given dog an only be so effiecient The inferior animal will take more steps egardlessof speed Now for judging purposes I agree, we can not SEE how well hey move at Mach 1. The aforementioned 100 foot tape will remove all oubtBut speed IS relevant Mike. Because the racers, the fliers, 90 percent f them have "the wheels come off" whenyou get them slow and loose. Speed overs faultiness, slow reveals all. Kathy rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx ould love to see 100 ft marked off on the great white wall at the national. hen you all can count how many steps any given animal makes to determine fficiency - how fast you do it is irrelevant M --- ===========================================================================OST is Copyrighted 2012. 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