AKC lure coursing trial (Afghan hound and Rhodesian Ridgeback)
AKC Water Dog Trial contestant:
The AKC and function have long parted ways.
This was shot at an AKC herding trial.
Looks pretty doggone functional to me.
AKC lure coursing trial (Afghan hound and Rhodesian Ridgeback)
AKC Water Dog Trial contestant:
The breeds are slaves to fashion and fad.
The GSDs today are abominations compared to the solid, *flat backed*, conservatively angled original dogs.
A pox upon the breeders and “judges” who have condemned them to hip dysplasia as *puppies* for the sake of a ‘dramatic silhouette’.
My vet had one come in with HD at _6 months of age_.
That is why Fifi is perfect...she's jazzed up enough to pass as a show dog yet she is perfect in her gait and still retains her ability to be a *working* Dobe.
Normally I do not watch Westminster because the dogs horrify me.
So few breeds have remained true to their original form and function that it depresses me to watch them.
I'd much rather watch the European Dobermann show videos on YouTube.
Over there, if at least one parent does not have at least one *working* title, it is not allowed to breed.
They got their minds right.
The GSD in this show ~did~ 'fit the current AKC standard' very well...more's the pity.