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What I would like to know is what the weakneses of this dog's are. Also Pluses that he can bring to a female when it comes to structure. I am no show person.. I do not stack dosg well. I do it OK not like a pro.. so please do not "yell" at me for that. LOL

I know his workability.. It is the structure I need education. Now when I look at the picture, he looks a bit streched like a frog.. LOLeed

how old is he?

Sorry I did not know that age is important, He is going to be 4 years old in October, he is titled and still in training for more titles, I want to get PSA title on him.

That's really not a very good (or fair) picture to judge him by.

When you stack your dog, his fore feet should be directly under him, and you should be able to fit your hands between his paws when he is stacked.

When setting his front, always set from the ELBOW, not the pastern (some handlers even manipulate the front of the dog's shoulder blade to set feet, but this is not my preference).  Make sure he is not standing east/west in the front.

When setting the rear, move the leg closest to you first.  Bring it up so if you drew a line from the front end of his penis to the ground, his paw would stop beneath that.  When you set the rear, mind that the hock is perpendicular to the ground, straight up and down, not tilting forward like this /

When the picture is taken, the photographer should be at the same level as the dog (so on their knees), an as centered as possible.

You should end up with something like this:

Xeph thank you..
I just took this picture. It is not great since person needs three to "tango"

I went back to my files and found one. He was about 1.5 years old on this one. Is this better picture?

Love his head and coloring...Good expression, dark eyes, good neck...  nice top line though could be a bit higher in withers.   Somewhat short in the lower part of the shoulder (from elbow forward).  Would like to see more depth in his chest (at least to the elbow, preferably below it). While he's in acceptable weight for a competing sport dog I'd like to see another 5-7 lbs on him, and more muscle in his back end.  Nice croop and tailset, good angles in the rear.

The last picture shows off his good points well, though the lighting isn't as good as the 1st... but I would have taken him for a much younger immature dog from the 1st photo.  Again, a bit more weight and conditioning would do wonders.  Overall a handsome dog with many good points.

Great.. I started to wonder what an ugly dog I have..LOL
He got injured about 2 mos ago. We had to keep him calm, no work, he finally healed, we took off the cast and I can Feel that he lost about 5 pounds and all of it was muscle mass. we are working on the conditioning. What about the chest? is there something I can do or he just has weaker chest?
Any advice will be awesome.
Thank you bunch