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Friday, February 20, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Balance
I actually did the lines on these photos the other day but forgot to post them. Carolyn reminded me!
Leo is a great example of a dog with overall less ideal angulation, but who is balanced. That (along with personality) is why he could move like a freight train. I had to run to keep up with Leo, because as many times as I tried to teach him to move slower, that just wasn't his thing. LOL He has flying drive and likes to go as fast as his little legs can take him.
Brady fits into this camp also, by the way. He's straighter in both front and rear, but very balanced and has good movement and wonderful stamina. He truly is a dog that could work all day long.
Leo is a great example of a dog with overall less ideal angulation, but who is balanced. That (along with personality) is why he could move like a freight train. I had to run to keep up with Leo, because as many times as I tried to teach him to move slower, that just wasn't his thing. LOL He has flying drive and likes to go as fast as his little legs can take him.
Brady fits into this camp also, by the way. He's straighter in both front and rear, but very balanced and has good movement and wonderful stamina. He truly is a dog that could work all day long.
Here is Leo at I think a little over a year old:
Friday, February 13, 2009
Moving on...
Following Carolyn's lead. I tried to draw the lines, hopefully I did it correctly. They are at least fairly close, I think. Her upper arm is shorter to me in real life than it looks with the lines. But you can clearly see her lack of layback in the shoulder. However, she has good placement of the shoulder, which is what keeps her from looking like one of those dogs with shoulders coming straight down from their head. :) I have an example that I'm thinking of, that I've seen on a website, but since it's not my dog I won't post it LOL.
If I have time later I'll post my other dogs. :)
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Westminster
For those who don't know, be sure to look for my friend Janet's pretty red girl Scout at Westminster! She and Laura Prosser are in New York now to watch the big show, pay too much for food, and much more. Hope they have a great time!
Monday, February 02, 2009
Even more fronts
Traum's momma, Molly, as a puppy...maybe 6-8 months? I'm not entirely sure. Hard to believe that she grows into a moose.
and at about 4 months, when she first arrived:
ETA: Yes, Molly is a red-headed tri. VERY red-headed, obviously...you can see between the bottom pictures and the top ones how much her red "crept" backwards on her head until it enveloped the whole thing. The undercoat on her monk's cap as a baby was always red. And yes, fuzzy ears. ;-) Her coat was a bit feathery...not TOO bad, but her ears were really soft.
Also for funsies, here is Zach at probably around 8 months? You can see he had the long pastern problem as well:
His front stayed pretty much the same, though, even after we started agility and competed.
and at about 4 months, when she first arrived:
ETA: Yes, Molly is a red-headed tri. VERY red-headed, obviously...you can see between the bottom pictures and the top ones how much her red "crept" backwards on her head until it enveloped the whole thing. The undercoat on her monk's cap as a baby was always red. And yes, fuzzy ears. ;-) Her coat was a bit feathery...not TOO bad, but her ears were really soft.
Also for funsies, here is Zach at probably around 8 months? You can see he had the long pastern problem as well:
His front stayed pretty much the same, though, even after we started agility and competed.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
More fronts, and teeny bit of results
Heidi and I are in Atlanta at a show, mostly for fun and socializing. :o) There's an entry of 24 here including 8 specials. Today, Rush was pulled out for comparison with the eventual BOS, so not bad for a youngster! Grats to Heidi. We also took some photos of his front for posting later, but I don't have my camera cord with me so it will have to wait until we get home.
As far as fronts go...I absolutely think that shorter pasterns are a key to a nice front. Lizzie's are moderately short, but I think could be a bit shorter. She does have nice round bone and good feet. My biggest want for her front is a better chest shape, because she's somewhat barrel chested. And shoulder layback, but that's a different discussion. :o)
As far as fronts go...I absolutely think that shorter pasterns are a key to a nice front. Lizzie's are moderately short, but I think could be a bit shorter. She does have nice round bone and good feet. My biggest want for her front is a better chest shape, because she's somewhat barrel chested. And shoulder layback, but that's a different discussion. :o)
Friday, January 30, 2009
A front discussion
Maybe Heidi can pipe in (and, ahem, start blogging again) with Rush's front, because his is gorgeous. :)
Talk about turnout etc by Kate & Joanna got me wondering what Lizzie's front TRULY looks like these days. I mean, I know it was really nice when she was a puppy. And I know that day-to-day it looks nice. But photographs are always interesting.
Talk about turnout etc by Kate & Joanna got me wondering what Lizzie's front TRULY looks like these days. I mean, I know it was really nice when she was a puppy. And I know that day-to-day it looks nice. But photographs are always interesting.
So here is Lizzie's fitted, wrapped front at 4 months old:
And here she is today, at 2.5 years old and just getting blown dry in the garage for our show weekend. Please ignore the expression, as she was most disappointed that I didn't have cheese. Here it is stacked:
and unstacked:
and unstacked:
You can see that she turns out a bit more on her right foot than on her left (and I actually think the way she's leaning and turning in this photo makes it look a little more so than it really is). That definitely wasn't there, even in casual everyday life, when she was a puppy. I suspect that most Cardis don't have exactly even fronts?
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