Working lines and show lines - Page 1

I got this video from a facebook group. I dont like competition, but I would like to know  your opinions.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEtiL6MnVA

http://youtu.be/7vEtiL6MnVA

I cant wait to see the answers here.

      Not going to answer, I already made enough enemies in the Hunter Haus thread...

All in all just one more brick in the wall.

Can't anyone find a more unflattering video of a GSL to post here? How about a workingline? Surely there has to be a video of a worse ASL on the net? Don't you just love it when breeders come together with a common goal? Way to go guys!!
 

Very old news, that video.  Google  "Jemima Harrison".  Been discredited

somewhat ...

 

I am not defending dogs that really cannot walk soundly,  but it is highly

possible to put a particular slant on dog shows and showdogs.  What

you do not get told includes:

- how old is the pictured dog ? (many youngsters take a while for hocks to

firm - as evidenced by many, many posts on PDB over the years)

- how slippery is the floor surface being used ?

- were there other GSDs there who walked better but were deliberately

not filmed, so the producer could insinuate that all GSDs are now 'frogdogs' ?

- the film lacks comparison with the same dog (s) walking normally outside

the showring.

So please do not swallow this stuff whole, apply some critical thinking.

 

Where there are problems with structure and soundness, they are being

addressed.   Where there is no medical reason for disliking a fault in movement,

it becomes a matter of debate how serious a bit of unsoundness in rear movement

or a hinged topline actually is,  if other points about the dogs are already being

bred for ;  maybe a line has concentrated too much on getting the hips right, or

the bite, or the elbows.  Equally important for the working dogs, yes ?  Wherever

your priorities lie within this breed, you need to acknowledge that no dog is perfect.

I can say that bad examples of rear or spinal structure almost never get placed

very highly (if at all) in UK Shows.  They do get entered sometimes, but they are

outclassed by the majority of other exhibits.

 

And then of course you need to take into account the degree to which the stance

in which the dog is presented alters the way it looks ;  see Sitasmom's recent

photos of a bitch stood different ways in the thred on pictures of Working Dogs

gaiting.