Video of Dingo v Haus Gero??? - Page 2

Blitzen, I am with you!!! He is definitely not overdone behind or super roachy or really thick looking!!  He is way up on his paws and not smooshed down behind (if you know what I mean). 

Sara

If  you ever see that, please let me know, Abby. Yes, it would be interesting to see today's winners on slow mo video.

I agree would love to compare their movement.

Blitzen-save the video off youtube, open it with windows movie maker.  Movie maker will allow you to take and save snapshots from the video.

Thanks. I'm not too good with computers, but I'll give that a shot.

It is interesting that this video of correct movement is from a time before dog racing was introduced at the Sieger show.   I was there when Dingo made Sieger in 1983 and he thoroughly deserved the award.

Mackenzie

 

Mackenzie,

If you don't mind, could you please share the style the dogs were shown and what type of dog was rewarded during that time?

Did they move out on tight leash? I am assuming by your comment that they did not race around ring on a tight leash, right?

Did they move by the handlers side or still out at front?

Was there double handling back then?

Did the majority of dogs look like Dingo in conformation (just Dingo was better) or did he stand out as different?

Thank you,

Sara

Smiley, that's a good question and a thread of its own.

If you pull up Dingo's pedigree and photo here, you can see most of his relatives on back to the foundation dogs by backtracking his pedigree. It takes time, but it's pretty telling.

If you want to see how dogs have changed since Dingo's day, research the pedigrees forward from Dingo's day to current times. He was bred a lot, there are plenty of photos of his progeny on this board. I think you will  see a gradual change from the agile, athletic type to what we have made them today...not very agile or athletic looking.

In answer to Sara.

To answer in great detail about the dogs in Dingo’s day would take up too much of the allotted space. However, I would suggest that it would be a good idea to look at the VA dogs and then the top ten V rated dogs to give you a better idea of the types and construction of the dogs around at that time.

Movement, both walking and trotting at a working pace was done on a taught leash with the dog in front of the handler. This way of judging movement shows the economy of movement (required in a working dog) with a ground covering gait. Off lead gaiting was mainly with the dog more or less at the handlers side and, usually, it was the handlers who flagged before the dogs. Although todays gaiting is much faster and shows the full length of stride it also covers up some faults and it should, in my opinion, be treated just as a spectacle and not decisive in assessing the movement. Also, there is no economy of movement and no working dog can sustain that pace over a long period of time.

Double handling has always been the practise and always will be.

Dingo was a well constructed dog in his day but he was an excellent mover as shown in the video and this is what probably set him on a different level to other males at that time.

Regards

Mackenzie