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Having her stop and position herself four-square, it looks "amateur" to me
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Well, wolfdog should look as natural as possible I think. The correct posture is a natural one. Of course, it is onot good to let your dog stand "at ease", but a good judge tells you to make a step or two if the dog is not standing naturally, and looks how the dog m\positions his legs.
I like Margo's articles on the showing, but there is one thing wrong and one which I don't agree with. The correct posture of the hind legs is with the hock joint being exactly under the "ischial tuberosity" - the end of pelvis. The hock are usually not in the right angle with the floor.
The thing I don't agree with is the use of showing leash to hold the dog's head up and the collar part being positioned on the top of the neck, just below the chin. In my opinion, the dogs look much better if the collar is slightly loose and falling to the bottom of the neck, so that the head is held naturally, like
here and
here.