Dingo vom Haus Gero and a modern day GSL.
Not true at allmost GSD dogs of the 50's, 60's and before that were leaner, lighter and their rear quarters were noticeably more parallel to the ground lacking HD.
I agree with you! Just waiting to hear back from the authority here. I'm really intent on illustrating that ASL can have just as much to offer in movement as the touted Dingo. Any other folks are also welcome to critique her movement, of course.I know you asked Carmen, but her movement looks very good from what little bit I do know.
Well.... I was TRYING not to bash by avoiding outright asking why dogs with such extreme rear ends are even being considered, but since the usual defense is "it's just the stack" I figured I would ask then why do we out them in such an extreme stackit isn't just the stack , the dog has a disproportionately lengthened lower thigh of the leg - taken from Fred Lanting called “AKC type.”
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Most modern AKC-type GSDs have been bred for an extremely exaggerated length of lower thigh and a placement of the metatarsus (when vertical) that is much further behind the pelvis than the founders of the breed specified. Since front-limb angulation cannot possibly match this exaggeration, and the last 40 or more years has seen “AKC GSDs” become almost totally lacking in front-limb angulation, such dogs often move with a high “goose-stepping” gait in front, and incomplete extension of the hock at the end of that rear limb’s extension, thus wasting time and effort in a breed whose claim to fame and utility once was its efficiency of movement, in addition to its character. (See other articles of mine on gait and structure.) I have also seen “locked hocks” in Afghan Hounds and other breeds. In some cases it is indeed an inability of the ligaments to allow full extension, and in others it is merely the result of an upright shoulder/upper-arm combined with overdone stifle angulation—the dog must waste time by lifting (“goose-stepping”) in front while the rear limb finishes its longer stride.
so what Lanting shows is the 3 on the floor - no suspension , compare to "Jazmin" or Dingo.
a competitor at the 2011 Westminster
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add this http://www.leabashiba.com/fashion.vs.GSD.htm