Mary Velazquez Webboard User Reg: 12-24-2007
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Sandy, I agree, the dogs werent as bad as they couldve been; most of them were still visible when they turned sideways :P They looked even substancial except for a little too much angulation, I like the second dog, the female shown by a woman..
the first time I went to a show I was so excited I was going to see shepherds and they would have a beautiful gait (my dog has horrible angulation and no flowing trot)..I was disapointed; the dogs had cowhocks and were so thin even I could tell that there was something wrong with their ribcage... I was standing there with my parents and they told me they thought Lady could compete against those dogs. that was years ago but these dogs arent as horrible as Id heard..of course that doesnt touch their temperment but Im an optomist
Ingrid, I am going to be at the show this weekend! I go every year. What time will you be showing? I will be there to show some support!
Hi Alex!
ACDs are showing at 1:20 on Friday, and around 10:40 the next three days - all days in Ring 18. I will be the short haired blonde who will be nervous looking with a moose sized red dog who will likely be over exhuberant :-)
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Quote: Mary Roach
... the dogs had cowhocks and were so thin even I could tell that there was something wrong with their ribcage...
...that was years ago but these dogs arent as horrible as Id heard..of course that doesnt touch their temperment but Im an optomist
Hehe. Interestingly, I thought a few of these dogs were right on the cusp as far as weight was concerned. Pushing the upper limit. A few of them looked to be in good trim, and a few perhaps just a little high. I like to keep my dogs lean, so maybe that predilection is what leads me to my opinion of them as thin.
Someone earlier said they'd take an Ams. over a Showline German, but I gotta say, having a half show half working line german GSD, her gait and posture standing still rates about 1000 times better than the ones in this video clip. How can there even be a question about these dogs getting full use out of their legs? Of couse they aren't! That's not optimal range of motion in any universe. Men created that...and thought it was a good idea?
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David I'm with you 100%. IYou couldn't pay me to take an American Show Shepherd, but I've seen a lot of German Showline dogs that are quite capable of doing the work very nicely.
I myself have working line dogs because that's where my interest lies.
Do you think that might be why they title their video 'German Shepard Dog'? They don't want anyone confusing them with the real GSDs.
LOL! Someone else saw that too! Westminster the best of the best ...
Not taking anything away from people who work at conformation. But I just don't see the point of what has happened to many working breeds over the past 50 years because of warped conformation ideals and unethical breeding to get them to that point.
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