Critique, please - Page 1

15 month old bitch

As you are knowledgeable yourself, I will only mention the non perfect parts as I see them.
Short croup, slightly long loin, slightly steep front upper arm and narrow head (both the latter typical with Asl)

Question more than critique, the front legs are on a forward angle due to positioning which flattens the chest out.

Is this position an error in stacking?


No sane persons critiques after Ibrahim, what's the point...he is the best.

Hi Vk, the dog is cleverly pushed forward in the stack, this is usually done to make the shoulder look better, that is make it look of better angle, it also makes the fore-chest look more developed, that deceives the inexperienced eye. Good you noticed the dog is pushed forward which is not very honest, no accusation to the one who stacked her, just a note.

If you look closely at the dog in trot, you can see the fore-chest and shoulder are not as good as they appear in stack, do you also see this?

Ah, I see it now you point it out. Yes the dog looks way more normal in the front in the trot..

 

 

Very clever.


Thanks.

Ideally the centre of mass should be a point in line with the front legs, yes or no?

In the stack the com would be slightly forward?

Ideally the centre of mass should be a point in line with the front legs, yes or no?

Yes

 

I did not understand your second sentence, maybe another one can comment on it !!!

I am asking in the pic of that stack the COM is not ideal.

If COM is short for center of gravity, then the answer is yes, to prove your claim one can easily see the stack is not very natural and dog is not at his best ease and stability, YOU ARE CORRECT there

Pete, dog conformation people don't talk of "Centre Of Mass"  like you Physicists !

Only  'centre of gravity' - sometimes !