Admit you've thought of trying to stack your dog.

[laukaouda]

This is for my working line purists....have you ever done it? Tried to stack your dog. I was purusing through the Critique my dog posts and I saw a stack of a dog and laughed out loud. Phantom would be so pissed if I wasted training time trying to get her to stand with her hock on the ground.

I once got an accidental half stack from her. At least is showed her standing straight. Anyway it made me laugh (and miss my pup) thinking about the amount of cajoling, peanut butter, tugs it would take to get a perfect stack.



The things we do with our dogs.

[Liesje]

Well I stack mine but certainly not with his hock on the ground! If that's how he'd look I'd re-stack him. I stack him the same way he stands when he hears a noise and stops to look. Same for Kenya (working lines). Both of them free stack when they are alert. I don't like stacks that look unnatural or unbalanced.

Actually my pure working lines bitch has a UKC CH title (not by me) and I imagine it involved a fair amount of stacking.

[laukaouda]

So is it a show/Sieger to have the hock almost on the ground? I guess I should ask the show folks.

[Amaruq]

No the "hock on the ground" stack sterotypically is some AM/Canadian show lines, usually ones that compete in the specialty ring.

I have stacked my working lines but I stack them in accordance to their structure not to look like any of the show line (German or American).

[laukaouda]

Sorry if this post angers/irks/upsets anybody....I was just thinking about confirmation and then of course working lines....and the different venues of dog sport.

Edited to add: I love all GSD's. Anything else is a cat. Just IMHO.

[VectorSketcher]

I tried to stack my pup a month ago, it ended up with her biting me and both of us rolling on the ground. It was all in good fun, came out of it with some really good shots of us together. I haven't tried since then.

[laukaouda]

Hey if you try to stak "Fatty" can you please post pictures?

[Catu]

Good question! I'm guilty

I did it once to post here in the Critique section, with little succeed and I recently tried again to update her picture in the Pedigree Database, which was even more lame specially given that she's in that odd stage of teenage were she's all leggy.

When I see the people of my Show GSD club (the only thing available related to dogs in 500 miles around) I'm amazed to see those 3 months old pups stacked patiently. I imaging myself trying to do the same thing with my dog at the same age and I picture myself with my arms full of bites and scratches

[Amaruq]

A lot of Show line breeders begin stacking at 4 to 7 weeks. By 3 months they are veterns.

I have a working gal that self stacks on a regular basis.

[VectorSketcher]

Originally Posted By: laukaoudaHey if you try to stak "Fatty" can you please post pictures?

Ha! I haven't even thought of that before but now that you mention it I think I might try...I will definately post up some pics of that, now if he would just cooperate with me...he likes to bite me too so he might be difficult for me to move into place, lol!