Good points, @Oberon. My own dog has too straight angles, front and back. He is a right old enthusiastic hooligan, and looks like an athletic...
Well, there are a few alarm bells there - unless your dog looks lanky and slim (but you say he looks chunky), 29kgs at 8 months - for what you say...
She has a really lovely, kind expression. :)
I think this is somewhat departing from what I had hoped would be the subject of the thread - if we could get back on track.... So, what can we...
She looks lighter, and better, in the other photos - although I'd still say she looks short of leg even from other angles and not a dog that I...
I'm really sorry to say this @Nade - in case it sounds blunt, or rude - but if that's really a dual champion, I'll eat my hat. There is no way...
Aha! So, you see, now I've read it, I can relate the breed standard and requirements of angulation to the performance dog. :) And what I really...
Was this dog 2 decades ago? I think that's a bit more recent that the UK, but only by 10 years or so....
If you look in the Australian standard you'll see reference to 90 degree angles. That's the same as in the book 'what's your angle' - and I read...
14kgs is a lot for a Lab to lose, @FoxyLady! That's quite some achievement! Well done you! It was a bitch. :( About the same height as Charlie....
Can you post the details/links to these dogs?
Do you have such a thing as a dual champion in Serbia, @Nade? By that I do not mean a show champion with a working certificate, I mean a dog with...
All of this is tested in the UK show dog working certificate, but the next thing you'll say is that's too easy! :) I do see this in my everyday...
Well, @Nade, I don't quite agree with all of that. although agree with some of it. :) I think the fact of the matter is that we don't really know...
There clearly are differences, though, and the proposition that we are discussing is if the breed standard does not describe a dog fit to work,...
This is the dog yesterday that prompted me to post.... [img]chocies by julieandcharlie julieandcharlie, on Flickr
Is that alone is enough to define a show line dog though - or a dog that is 'fit for function' (that's what I mean here by 'working line' I...
Charlie absolutely adores cheese. He'd sell his soul for it. I get amazing results when I train with cheese. I very, very, rarely do because it...
I think there is a quite serious question here, if the concept of 'fit for function' is judged against the need to carry out a job (we'll assume...
I wonder if we even have a clear idea of what a 'working line' dog is? Is it from dogs that have reached some standard, perhaps? I mean, we don't...
