on 3/25/02 6:13 PM, Patricia Ide at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you watch a dog trot or gallop in slow motion, you will see that the front > foot does touch the ground pretty much directly under the chin. Try it > before you say "No way." > > The front legs act as fulcrums while the back legs and loin create the > forward momentum. Curtis Brown's book shows this very well.
Pat, I am also a BIG fan of the videotapes, "Dogsteps", and to a slightly less degree, the AKC video on gait. Both show correct as well as incorrect gait, and one's own dogs on videotape gaiting on lead are all wonderful learning tools. I have ten years' of videotapes of many Cavaliers from the USA, Canada, and UK shows, and all too often some very glamorous Cavaliers have had pretty faulty movement and structure in themselves. Many Cavaliers have reasonably good movement, and a few have beautiful movement. Many many more, however, move incorrectly and often dreadfully! Correct gait is beautiful to watch, whatever the view, but in my opinion "coming and going" validate correct (or incorrect) structure, while "side gait" only shows balance-or lack of balance-in proportion to the dog overall. Judy Gates ========================================================= "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.
