Pictures of your dogs gaiting! - Page 3

I think Xeph has some of the best photos. 
Thank you for that compliment :)  I work hard to get good gaiting shots

Some of these other dogs are not really showing me a dog in full gait, but dogs pulling into leads and lifting from the elbow.
Agree.  I see nice dogs, but the pictures, IMO, do not show true movement.  They show faulty fronts, rears, and toplines, and that's not because of the dogs being poor gaiters, but because they are being held back and strung up (as is the style for that particular ring)

That is something the rest of us should learn from the ASL people, how to really roadwork a dog to GAIT fluidly on a loose lead and not just throw themselves into a lead and claw their way towards their handler (and I say that because *I* have one of those dogs that will dig and try to move like he's fricking weight-pulling if we don't do very carefuly ring training, handling, and double handling!).

I've found the best way to get a gaiting "photo" is to have someone video the dog gaiting next to the bike (off lead or loose lead) and then take still shots.  Not the best quality/sharpness but you get a dog that is actually gaiting free.

I think that the famous video of Dingo was taken with a camera mounted on a trolley.

It's not easy to get perfect stills of movement and posting the bad ones only makes some wonder- what's up with that dog? Not too long ago there was a thread here showing a GSL in a very awkward position with the topic - is this a hock walker (something like that). Of course the hock walker stuff got plenty of attention from the GSL haters, the ASL's got dragged into the fray and it went down hill from there. I wasn't convinced that dog was a hockwalker, I think it was just a dumb photo to use as an advertisement.

A movement photo of a GSD needs to show the dog at full stride so we can see how far the shoulder opens (no lifting), if the rear drive matches and, how is the tail held, does the topline remain flat and firm, is the neck extended so the head is on the same plane as the topline and, if the timing is just right, the suspension. I assume that some people post bad movement photos because they think it shows something else nice about the dog......color, coat maybe?

I think maybe some people just don't understand what they are looking at?  I only just recently was shown the difference between the dog opening through the SHOULDER vs. the elbow.  I see tons of pics advertising dogs that are "reaching" out very far but are not open in the shoulder and angled through the elbow.  I think many people think this is reach or this shows pretty movement.  I didn't really know the difference for a long time, but now I see dogs that look like they are trying to climb invisible stairs, not gaiting on level ground.  To make it easy on myself, I know I have a *gaiting* photo when all four feet are OFF the ground.  Then I can see my dog at full stride.

As far as getting stills, I would use VLC Player.  It is free to download and install and is a legit, well known media player that can play ANY sort of video/media file.  You can play your video in very slow-mo which makes it super easy to capture the movement at the right time.  Then use the built in Windows Snipping Tool to capture the still shot.

The sable one has super topline and super balance, I would be proud were it my dog

Actually 3 different dogs. The sable girl does have very nice movement, but the 2 bicolor males are also both balanced and able to do a flying trot. I'm curious what you see as the differences.

FWIW, the 2 bicolors are working line dogs not bred for conformation (the top one is the nephew of the 2nd one), and the sable dog is all DDR lines.

Christine

They are all beautiful, no doubt, each one has its own beauty, the sable one has higher withers, smoother topline, super croup lay with super transition though it could use little more length, beautiful firmness in motion, shows confidence, carries her neck and head higher, that is what I see in the picture, seeing and knowing them in person can make better assortment. I love her looks in this picture, super beautiful.
One more thing to add, to be fair, the other dogs look as if they were worked for a long time, the sable looks fresh.
Ibrahim

Looks like a little culture clash here. Americans think a GSD should pull itself with it's front and SV folk proud of the dog's rear thrust. And those with no clue thinking that SV dogs lack both front and rear compared to AKC. Well how about this one http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=652146.

And there are many more SV dogs like this. Strong at both ends, and they could run circles around the AKC dogs.  Just not many posters here who have seen them. They all go to China.

JMO,
Rik

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I think those bi pics are beautiful. The differnce to me is the bis have more balance and reach and the sable is a little stilted looking. That is the only word I can think of to describe it. Like it doesn't have the fluid movements the bis have..............

My girls gait nice--Mauli has a nice fluid gait and she moves everywhere in that gait. Voo has the flying trot down to a science and when she is in a hurry to get somwhere she really turns it on. Why don't I show pics--because I am one person and I can't always catch them right to show it off. I have tried...............

Rik it is my understanding by what I have studied in the past and what I am reading now is that the rear provides the thrust and the front is the steering.