Questions Re. Structure and Jumping - Page 14

SPORTGSD, I just looked at Isaak's ped. Gorgeous pup... Again I will reiterate, the show judges need a good slap to bring them to their senses as to what a sound gsd looks like. I see your dogs are reg in Canada. Whereabouts?

Thank you

Toronto area, Ontario, Canada. Isaak's dam is Edmonton area, Alberta (Wolvesden Kennel).

Sport GSD, did the judge who described the back of your dog as weak watch him in movement? or he only decided the back is weak from a still stack?

Horizontal jump in slow motion

Gallop in slow motion, watch the flexibility of spine in gallop

 

GSD, slow motion gallop

In my opinion in the front GSD has best and safest angulation for gallop/jump/trot. In the rear when it is moderately angulated (as standard states, not overangulated) it has good and safe enough angulations for gallop jump/ and best angulation for economic traot with best endurance.

Now when a GSD is overangulated in the rear, trot economy and endurance is reduced, plus gallop is not very suitable and jump becomes unsafe as pressure is more on hock bone which lands flat on ground, landing is on foot pad and considerable part of the hock bone, the least safe is when the rear is overangulated combined with a long hock bone. Spring action which works as shock absorbant is lessened by the hock bone touching the ground. I don't like this fact, but truth should be said no matter.

To demonstrate this please watch above videos, here are still pictures, please note the difference in between the two dogs in rear hock landing flat on ground in case of the shepherd, and only foot landing on ground in case of the Greyhound.

More angulation in front is better for all types of gait (trot/gallop/jump). Moderate rear angulation is best for trot, the less the rear angulation is better for gallop and jump !!!!

By the way, there are no GSDs that are overangulated in the front, that is a wrong term, most GSDs, including modern showline, are less angulated in the front than standard calls for. But on the other hand it is true that modern GSD, many of them, are overangulated in the rears. My opinion

 

Ibrahim

hock walking

 

This is Isaak, pics taken today, now 7 months