AKS
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 75 |
balance
Anyone who knows me well, knows I am an advocate for better knowledge on angulation. I received a lot of training when I worked for many different professional handlers in AKC. This is a good thread, as many do not know what to look for or totally neglect caring altogether, but this still is point focused and not wholly focused.
When you look at a dog, it has to be evaluated on how ALL things work together to allow the dog to function to perform its specified job/function. Just taking any piece here and there does not determine you have a functionally sound animal. Proper angulation is great but if the topline or head or neck is incorrect, you still have an average animal. Let alone if the angles in the angulation are not balanced front-to-back, you're going to have a train wreck of a dog. I see this often.
For instance, I handled a Pointer male that was not as angulated front-to-back as I liked BUT he was balanced in his angles. He had an very nice topline and neck coming off his shoulders. He was a lacking in Pointer "type" though in his head. He moved EXCELLENT because his angles were balanced! We would say that he used what he had very well. He was able to due to balance and a good topline, etc. This male as a young dog won over others simply due to he moved well because of balance and function throughout. He could have been more angulated but he could move better than most because he was balanced.
When you look at a dog, it is the introcasies of how all those pieces and parts work together to make up one complete picture. A dog that is correctly made throughout will be smooth on the ground...it almost floats when you have a fine animal on the ground in front of you.
__________________
Amy Smith
Razor Ridge Kennel
Do you know how much Jesus loves you?
Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged
|
07-28-2010 01:10 PM
