Breed Standard Changes in UK (GSD and non-GSD)

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by missbeeb on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

LOL, LOL, LOL, I've seen some things.... but this is the first FISH (and a ROACH fish too) that I know of being used to expain a German Shepherd's construction! The croup is all wrong... LOL, LOL!!!

Thanks, Pod... really, I needed that!

by pod on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

LOL thanks Missbeeb. The best example I could think of quickly :-)

by jaymesie51 on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

oh i give in, there are some times in life when no matter what you say or how you explain things you are just wasting your time and this would be one of these times and i hope for your sake pod your dogs are not fish
jim h

by Videx on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

Leibe: One of the many reasons I limit my comments on this board is clearly illustrated by your comments above: Many on here do NOT read the FULL post, and even if they do they FAIL to grasp or understand what is written.

Now: simply read again the "selection" you have taken from MY post above, then pay PARTICULAR attention to the FOLLOWING WORDS: "BREEDERS WHO SPECIALISE"

I do not have the patience to start teaching C-A-T = CAT, D-O-G = DOG etc.

by pod on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

LOL Jim. If that didn't make sense to you, could I ask that you use the old ruler method. Take a photo of a German line dog and put the ruler along the backline from withers to start of croup. If the backline runs along the ruler then it is straight, if it rises above then it can't be straight.... it's certainly not sagging so it must be..........?

by missbeeb on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

LOL, Jim... you have to be laughing though... right? LOL

by jaymesie51 on 16 January 2009 - 12:01

yes it made me chuckle but pod still cannot grasp what roach back means better if he used whippet then he could see for his self that that is a roach back
jim h

by funky munky on 16 January 2009 - 14:01

Who's laughing? I used to laugh at all this "roach back" mythe, now i'm crying with frustration. Some people just do not get it, and the fish example has been used before, i just shake my head in dismay with that one!!!!. SUNSILVER, you did not know the difference between "level" and "straight" a few weeks ago when you stated the breed standard called for a level back. I remember clearly correcting you that the breed standard called for a straight back. Jim everything you say is correct, but this topic has been disputed to death on here, and you are wasting your time. The problem is most of the posters disputing the back of the gsd, do not show, have never shown, and are not involved in the slightest way with show dogs. liz

by missbeeb on 16 January 2009 - 15:01

Liz, You've seen the FISH before? LOL, LOL... I was slumped over my desk in a giggling mess for about 5 mins!

by pod on 16 January 2009 - 15:01

Ok, I can see this is getting nowhere LOL

But I will jst give the defintion of 'roach back' from other sources. The first one, the one that matters, the Kennel Club's defintion -

"Roach Back Convex curvature of the back toward the loin (e.g. Bulldog). "

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/download/82/glossaryofterms.pdf

Back with a convex curve."http://www.gopetsamerica.com/dogs/terminology.aspx

Equine terminoligy -
"Roach Back:
Convex curvature of the spine between the withers and the loins. Opposite of hollow back. "http://equisearch.com/advice/glossary/glossaryR/

I haven't found any that refer to the back being higher than withers. Can anyone say where this defintion originated?

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