Critique of My Dog - Page 3

Good grief Bazza, take a chill pill.   Why are you so hateful all the time?  Seems every time I stop by here you are savagely insulting someone.



Any Joe Blow on the street can see what the American judges are doing is destroying the breed.

C'mon Sunsilver,

If you look at the expression on the face and the tail set.  The face really doesn't show  insecurity.  The tail could have just fallen that way  and not been fixed.  Right? What do you think?  The expression on the face says it all I would think.   I don't see any reason in her face why her tail would be tucked.  She looks confindent.  I'll give you the pasterns, they do look a little weak.  But I reallyl don't see a problem with the spine as you see in the "most extreme"  She looks to me like a good functioning GSD.  And, if she's a favorite w/thejudges that's got to say something but still up to the breeder who to pair to.  I still prefer the working line GSD.  More function & form to the standard that was set forth many years ago.

I must disagree with Sunsilver as well.  That is not a bad bitch.  The tailset on the GSD SHOULD be low, and hers is low.  You'll find that the vast majority of American showline (and German Showline) tails fall like that.  They are not tucked, that is just the way they are when stacked.  The sable male I was showing held his tail the same way, as did my old show line cross.

If my current German dog had a longer tail and better tail set, his would also fall in the same manner.

I also do not agree that she is overangulated.  I think she has a decent amount of rear, but is nowhere near overdone.  The problem I have with her rear is that her hocks are far too long.  I would like to see tighter feet.  I appreciate her bone and color.  I don't like the upright position of her neck nor her steep shoulder, but can appreciate the strength of both, and I don't see a problem with her wither.

I must disagree on ears being weak due to their size.  If I saw her move and they "waved", then yes, weak ears, but a crappy ear set does not make ears weak, it just makes for for placement of the ear base.

Thank you Xeph, that is what I wan't to say.

*Sigh* I think they're ALL pretty.....& funny thing, 2 of my working lines have those 'wavy' ears...my showlines girls are thick like felt, have been mauled by my grandkids without detriment. Frankly, wonderful ears! She's still my sweetie, despite my infatuation with DDR/Czech dogs! And Greylin is very handsome, too! jackie harris and THANKS Windwalker18!

sitasmom,

Thank you so much for posting that video.  One really must train their eye.  To some folks it comes really easy to analyze movement in a dog, to others of us not so much.   So, I really appreciated seeing the gate in slow motion.  One of the most helpful things I have seen posted on this board.

Glad you liked it Foxy... I found that a week or two ago while trying to post for Hamza... it's 1983 Seiger and shows SO much  with out words

OMG.!!!!

Tell me ;

Who can run better.
This dog?




Or this dog?



And which dog would you like to protect you???!!!   Which one can jump higher, has more endurance, and can cut curve better? Do S&R, sport, police work, or work for handicaped person. Or is more impressive and has more presence?
FOR THE SAKE OF GSD!!!!
Prager(Hans)

http://www.alpinek9.com

Believe me, Hans, I know the answer to that question!

When Jimmy Moses would brag about his dogs to Star's breeder, Harry would challenge him to come out and do a couple of laps around the property with him: Jimmy with an American GSD, and Harry with one of his German dogs. "Let's see whose dog lasts the longest," he said.

Funny thing: Jimmy never did take him up on the offer! 

Kalibeck/Jackie,

Yes, you are correct, the rear feet do pass beyond the point of the front. And if you look carefully one of them passes the front on the outside but the other does so on the inside. The best way to see this in your own dog is to take him/her for a good long off leash walk & get him/her a little tired so he'll be more tempted to gait & then watch.... very carefully.

I take ol' Nelson out every night for a 2/3 miles over the fields and once he gets that initial excitement out the way he'll spend most of the rest of the walk with his nose to the ground trying to find any interesting scents. His structure is such that he'll do this at a fast trot as this is the most efficient and comfortable pace for him.

Of course as soon as the fox/rabbit/deer is spotted all hell breaks loose in a blur of legs as the full pace run and chase is on...

Cheers,

AandA