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Post by dog on Jan 3, 2010 20:21:54 GMT
What are people's feeling about the relationship between length of back and legs particularly in the Stafford? I've had various conversations about it heard different opinions. I won't pre-load the debate with my own feelings for the moment.
There is also another question about length of neck but that might confuse things a bit although it does have a relationship with these two things.
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Post by quinlent on Jan 3, 2010 20:43:43 GMT
What are people's feeling about the relationship between length of back and legs particularly in the Stafford? I've had various conversations about it heard different opinions. I won't pre-load the debate with my own feelings for the moment. There is also another question about length of neck but that might confuse things a bit although it does have a relationship with these two things. It depents on the therms my view when with good angulation in the shoulder ( well laid back) i prefer a dog to be from elbow to ground and from Elbow to withers equal when shoulders are steep i prefer one quarter more in leg length from elbow to ground to compensate this serious fault. with good angulated shoulders the measurements from the withers to the ground and to the tail set should be equal. with steep shoulders the neck will look or will be short and the back long and the withers will dissapear |
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Post by hiphoplyricalrobot on Jan 3, 2010 21:54:36 GMT
I would like to see leg from the keel of the chest to the floor slightly longer than wither to keel of chest. This would enable the dog to have greater chance to work at endurance training comfortably, if not an equal distance between the two points would be suffice.
I would like to see the point of chest to the point of pelvis slightly longer than base of forelimb to wither, to aid wrestling when being pushed back by an opponent as shorter than this dogs cannot hold of pressure from the front.
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