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Originally Posted by saschia
The line that joins the hock joint and the point of ischium should be vertical in correct posture, but the paws of the hind legs are slightly to the front, so the back of the paws can touch the line, not the middle of the paws. The dogs which stand with their hocks vertical to the ground usually have the paws and hock joint positioned behind the point of ischium, or the posture is too steep (or how it is called).
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Yes, by the second photo of the wolf it is nice visible...
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Originally Posted by saschia
Yes, that's true. But who, when buying a pup, actually cares? Couple of people. The rest takes the champions as they are presented. So they take bad pups from untypical champions and then they are surprised and angry when they get bad marks at our club show or at bonitation...
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It is an international problem... And after they get bad remarks at your club shows they start to say that Slovakian Club is promoting it's own TYPE of Wolfdogs, and they are breeding their OWN type...
And it is NOT possible to explain them that what is "promoted" by the club is just a BREED STANDARD. And if they breed something else... they just breed untypical Wolfdogs...
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Originally Posted by saschia
Anyway, I don't like shows exactly because of this - it is a good occasion to meet people and see their dogs, and make a good name for the breed among general public, but that's it. The show results should not be taken as the indicators of the stud value.
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Golden Words....
Sometimes I'm really astonish which dogs win by some judges... Sometimes you can really take a photo of such dog and publish it with a description "How Czechoslovakian Wolfdog should NOT look like"...
BUT I like dog shows. Any my dogs are crazy about them. When they see that I pack the show leashes they already wait by the car...
Some of them really love to show - to like to be "admired" (usually the males
). Shows are also great for socialization - there is no other place where you can meet so many people, children and dogs... But we go there mainly because of what you wrote - it is nice possibility to meet other people, other dogs. Usually we make that same what you do by you - we combine dogs shows with meetings. If I would go there ony to show the dogs and if I would believe what some judges are saying... I would stop to show a lot time ago already...