What is wrong with this dog (structurally)?

Attached are two pictures of movement. The tri girl (Liesl) has a pretty awesome front. The sable boy (River) has always had a great body (ignore the tail). :smile2:

See how the front leg extends to the nose? That's good. Restricted fronts (or upright fronts) don't have that range of motion. In a perfect world, the rear would extend as far back.
 

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Wow that is pretty bad movement...even in a still pic it doesnt look fluid...Ive always thought to see nice effortless movement you always want to see them create an outline of a M...I love looking at pics of Siberians you can always see it soo nicely and they have nice extension of the front leg, and the rear leg at the same time..
 
Lightplum said:
Wow that is pretty bad movement...even in a still pic it doesnt look fluid...Ive always thought to see nice effortless movement you always want to see them create an outline of a M...I love looking at pics of Siberians you can always see it soo nicely and they have nice extension of the front leg, and the rear leg at the same time..
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I never thought about the M the legs mak. Good way to see it.

I found this picture of Diva. Please forgive the quality.
 
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What an interesting way to remember how to look at legs. I would love to get Zak in a good side view for you all to judge him. I do have a sorta side view in my new pics.
You can really tell in the picture that it does not move well.
 
Sheltie Talk has some pretty good descriptions and photos of good (and bad) movement in Shelties.

You can't always tell from the side.....You have to look from the back and front as well. Some dogs will have some ackward back side kick when they trot, that you can only see from the back.
 
Ashley, great thread. No expert here but I quess some have their own vision of a sheltie. Again, I could never be a breeder, too many things to think about pairing up the sire and dam.

So many of you here, who is in the know, have brought wonderful info to the board. Dentition was a big one for me. Thank goodness, by some good luck, we are in good shape here.

The breed that makes me sick to watch on the ground, is the standard now, I quess you would call it, is the German Shepard and those hind legs. It makes me cringe.
 
I got asked to judge German Shepherds in UKC. I told her that I could not in good conscience do it because I make fun of them on a regular basis because of the rears. She thought that would make me a perfect judge. :confused2:
 
ClantyreSheltie said:
I got asked to judge German Shepherds in UKC. I told her that I could not in good conscience do it because I make fun of them on a regular basis because of the rears. She thought that would make me a perfect judge. :confused2:
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so UKC doesn't have the same standard for GSD's as AKC?
 
The GSDs I have seen at UKC tend to not have the extreme toplines and rears. They are still overdone and weak, but not as bad. I have not read the standard to know if there is a written difference.
 
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