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by ALPHAPUP on 28 October 2004 - 07:03 |
| well my response is ... the malinois and the shepherd although very similar and perhaps ions ago maybe from the same ancestral line -- they are a different dog --- they are similar in working attributes - but then again we can't have everything in a dog .. just like any one person can't be everything -- however i still feel as form changes then so doesn't the function --oh yes the GSD is a trotter -- but much more than that !!! it is the most as i often claim -- the most ALL_ROUND UTILITY / SERVICE DOG -now GSD are utilized for police work ... they should be agile and easily jump -- i feel to much of an overangultated rear sacrifices this -- GSD is a hearding dog ... more important to me that the dog has speed and endurance to work the fields all day . again do we sacrifice speed / endurance for a structure /type /form ?? and just because a dog may reach further , cover more ground with less energy - does this make for a better herder ?? reaching is not the same as being agile -- trotting is just that trotting -- we are not making race horses , although the cadence is 5 similar to a horse . gee a greyhound reaches ahead quite well, rear doesn't extend much but is fast ?? no endurance but for just a fast race. won't work the field all day . so i often contemplate form and function .. that is the key .-- i think breeders must understand the relationship of bones, tendons and muscles,and the intraction of all of them working together to produce the desired performance in a dog .. my response about in amrica bigger is better -- yup -- that seems to be the idea -- but my small GSD female 65 lbs will go like lighteneing onto a body suit , can't be so easily sidestepped for she is much to agile and fast for a decoy/helper -- rather have her like a sportscar than the rolls royce .. and she is show line , Fanto Hirshel grandaughter !! sometimes nice things come in small packages |
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