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by georgehopwood on 27 January 2009 - 20:01

how the bloody hell do you keep you dog still; when taking the pictures I can do a stand (ob stand) picture but as soon as I move that back leg back he moves it

I want to show you a proper english dog in a stance

by georgehopwood on 27 January 2009 - 20:01

lol over 20 views and no one can tell me how to stance my dog..............I have give up anyway, George got bored

by raymond on 27 January 2009 - 21:01

Practice practice practice. and after that patience patience patience.some times I catch Halo doing it all by herself and I say to myself you idiot where is the camera

by tigermouse on 27 January 2009 - 21:01

SUPERGLUE

by sonora on 28 January 2009 - 00:01

Hi George,

If you can do the obe. stand ,than you are on your way.

STACKING IS ALL ABOUT BALANCE .

Maybe this will help.

1)You first need to ensure the font legs are in line , with the feet facing strait in front , Approx. shoulder width apart and
the lower arm is perpendicular to the ground. ( you do this by lifting the upper arm and adjusting the leg, so it will fall naturally.) Once you got that .
2) You now go to the right hind leg. You lift this leg,by placing your left palm under the hock and lifting vertically approx.3 inches of the ground,as you lower it ,slide it into position. ( you must know where to place it , approx. below the knee joint.) 3) We now go to the left hind , by you bending over the dog. Hold the lower thigh , and ajust it so the hock is perpendicular to the ground and approx. 1inch outside of the front left leg. ( not in line ). Pleasa ensure that you are talking to the dog and your right hand is on the sternum (brestbone) caressing it all the time , while you are stacking the dog .

NOW Look Up AND SMILE.

by jc.carroll on 28 January 2009 - 00:01

Of course, burning off some doggy energy will help too. Building off what Sonora said, try and make it part of your normal play routine, which helps the dog get used to being positioned.

And finally, having an extra person with you to snap pictures from a dogs' eye-level will give the best results. Using timers on cameras is okay, but the best stacking photos are the results of teamwork :)

by Liebe on 28 January 2009 - 00:01

Stacking requires 3 people and 1 dog.

1st person stacks the dog
2nd person gets dog's attention
3rd person takes the photo

by CrysBuck25 on 05 February 2009 - 00:02

Georgehopwood, I always got my boy to stand for me working off the stay command. I taught him to stay in a stand, sit, and down position, and then I'd wait. Most of the time, he'd be standing the way I wanted him, anyway. One thing I taught him was, when coming, I'd tell him to Stay and he'd stop. Then I could take pics, although sometimes they weren't ideal ones. I didn't show, obviously, so I didn't have a reason to work the stacked pose much. Just did it for my own fun.

Crys

by CrysBuck25 on 05 February 2009 - 01:02

This is my bicolor male GSD, Prince,in one of his "Stand Stays"

Not professional stacking, I must say, especially on the forelegs, since they're not exactly squared, but hey, I'm not a pro! Seems like Shepherds just naturally stand that way sometimes, all you have to do is have a camera ready!

Crys

Sorry about posting again on this old thread, but just figured out how to add pictures to posts, and was trying it out for the first time.

by Xeph on 05 February 2009 - 02:02

I sure hope you mean it takes three people to stack a NEW dog Liebe xD I've taken dozens of pictures of my own dogs without any aid from anybody else..

By the way, when you stack your dog, always set their fronts by lifting from the ELBOW not the pastern, and set the rear by the hocks....putting your hand on their thigh bones causes dogs that turn in, out, or are generally unbalanced in the rear x.x That's what I've found anyway

Ta da!

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