In a message dated 3/25/02 8:17:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> but a little bit of me finds good movement *easy* enough to > learn that I really wonder how someone could not learn or how someone could > so not want to learn they could avoid learning entirely or overlook poor > movement. There are so many who don't know good movement. So I can't > help > but think that maybe, just maybe, there is a bit more subjectivity to it > than I want to believe. > laura i dont think that these same people really know movement. they may know if a dog moves cleanly, but not the fine points. i handled dogs for someone that used to tell me her dogs were really good movers when in reality they were adequate movers. she was able to tell a bad mover but could never grasp what really good movement was and to this day she still cant. she has been breeding for 20 years. > > I agree again. What if a dog naturally holds it's head high but has good > shoulders? What else could be wrong? > as far as i know, if the head is held really high the only thing that could be wrong is in the shoulders. i would think it also depends on what one considers "high". i think they can move correctly with their head up but not held all the way back. > If a dog moves REALLY well, truly clean, very good reach and drive, very > smooth, head held properly--is it possible for that dog to look flashy. > Or > could such a dog move so fluidly it doesn't even get noticed except by the > very best judges or under the very best circumstances. > > i think most judges know correct side gait and what a dog should look like going away, but i find they either dont know or choose to ignore faulty fronts. maybe because there are so many it is hard to find a good one. and yes if the dog has great side gait it will look flashy even with the head held correctly. claudia ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
