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Sugarfoot, If I could ensure your employment, I might run for President. I am sure we would win. Thanks for the pearls but possibly, probably, definately, overstated. ecs

Ecs, Not sure politics and gentlemen mix well, ecs! And, as Confucius said: Be careful of what you want - you may get it! Cheers.

Hi ecs, You were absolutely right on your summation that the photo you saw of Nacale in full flight was taken at speed and superbly captured by one of our leading photographers of the day. When she went into overdrive Speed just naturally followed, all to do with the ground covered from her forward reach matching power of drive which in turn equally matched her superb attitude to movement and sustained co-ordination. None of which ever faultered whether moved on or off the lead, including the topline. She was special, a once in a lifetime type of girl, we were very lucky and felt very priveledge to have shared our lives with her. Regards Sue B

Sugarfoot Structure & Movement (0 replies) 04 February 2005 - 07:02 Reply Hi Gem, Despite my repeated incompetent efforts, I apologise for my obvious ineptness and your inability to understand – but please don’t be discouraged. If you direct your questions instead to Sue or ecs I’m sure they will explain it far better than I ever could. In my own humble way and like you hopefully, I’m only here to learn from others. Cheers. Sugarfoot, actually, I read these posts for a while, and felt some one with more experience should get in to the discussions to point out no real information is being brought to the topics. no, I'm not here to learn, when good information is posted it will be noticed. we're talking about a head, neck, body, legs, a tail, the teeth, temperment, and some coat. I won't be asking many questions, very few real answers have been posted. Gem, I take exception that there are "...judges who want the flatter croup with the movement that comes with it." You state "...it's unlikely a steeper croup will cause "kick-up". Most of us when we go to a show, usually watch the front runners and pay little attention to the stragglers. May I suggest giving these admittedly poorer specimens some attention and observe why these dogs are positioned where they are. As far as this point, try to find a steep crouped dog and observe its movement. Then maybe you'll say, "Well I'll be darned! ! There's that dog ecs was telling me about." One last thing. Meet me at Starbucks and I'll buy you a cup of coffee. I have one of their discount cards, and we can get it for less than $1.60. ecs I would still disagree, there is little reason to study the back of the classes, for ones own information is ok if you have the time. I'll pass on the coffee, its over priced. :)s Thanks for the thought. Regards

Hi Gem, I'm but a humble, relatively ignorant seeker of knowledge but, can’t think of anyone in this forum more qualified than Sue B or insightful than ecs. Why not let us have your thoughts on proper structural and movement requirements. You contributed darn good stuff previously under Front Assembly, Banana Backed and elsewhere. Cheers.