Jackie and list, >Free moving and elegant in action, with good reach in >front and sound, driving rear action. When viewed from >the side, the movement exhibits a good length of stride, and >viewed from front and rear it is straight and true, resulting >from straight-boned fronts and properly made and >muscled hindquarters. >What more do you want to see spelled out?
Well, I'm not sure what "straight and true" movement means for Cavaliers. It appears that there is more than one interpretation of this, i.e., some believe that parallel movement is correct, some believe slightly converging is correct and others say that single tracking is correct. And all of these movement styles could be straight and true. And what is a straight-boned front? Which bones are being referred to: the shoulder bones, upper arm bones, lower arm bones, etc. What are "properly made and muscled hindquarters." How does the standard define properly made and what constitutes proper muscling in the hindquarters. Do you want long flat muscling, short bulky muscling, should the lower leg bone the same length or longer than the upper leg bone. Is inside thigh muscling as important as outside muscling? In boxers I've found that inadequate inside thigh muscling almost always results in wide movement with limited drive. Perhaps the tendency of Cavaliers to move parallel in the rear is due to lack of inside thigh muscling? Do you see what I mean by vague? I'm not trying nitpick but a vague standard can lead to many different interpretations and/or misunderstandings. And when trying to educate judges or novice breeders/exhibitors (including myself) as to what is correct structure and movement in the Cavalier, different people could give completely different interpretations. I found this to be true when giving judges seminars on the Boxer Standard and the Boxer standard is very specific. As well written as this standard is, judges still had problems with interpretation and what was preferred and/or not acceptable. Susan Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ========================================================= "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.
