eleutheromania wrote:ru. wrote: On a lighter note...😅
Did anyone else watch the AKC National Championship show last night?
I must say I am generally impressed with where some of the U.S. judges are taking a few of the breeds!
For instance, the Longhaired Dachshund, German Shepherd,
and even the Bulldog all looked so much better to me than the breed equivalents in some of the European shows I've seen recently.
The Longhaired Dachshund was insanely impressive! Much longer legs than any top show Dachshund I've ever seen! I was taken aback almost (in a good way!) And the dog scored in the top 3 for the entire group!
The German Shepherd was also beautiful! Barely a slow at all with a strong gait and great hips and legs. It was an awesome breed example and scored in the top 3 for the herding group!
These are steps in the right direction and I'm excited to see if these changes start appearing breed-wide.
If longer legs can work in a Longhaired Dachshund than maybe it will help to influence the shorthair and wirehair as well! (:
I am already confident in the showline German Shepherd in the U.S.A. being well on its way to nation-wide change.
The standards are the same in all coats. the only difference in judging is through the coats. longer legs are actually hard to come by, said dachshund could have been an import. most US breeders do not breed for longer legs. are you speaking of the standard or miniature? standards tend to have long legs than miniatures. also the minis have higher chances of IVDD due to the smaller size and longer over exaggerate backs being completely straight or sloped downward. most of the dachshunds i’ve seen bred in the us have short legs. the imports from other than england have the longer legs mostly.
i didn’t watch but i’d love to see pictures of the doxie.
i’m actually glad my boy doesn’t have the overexaggered back. his back isn’t bone straight but no extremely curved either. only bad thing is he has a broken coat, that happens when breeding a long x short. but it’s still pretty and easy to maintain. if you don’t know what a broken coat is here is a pic of loki.
You have a good looking little dude on your hands!
(: Even if his coat is technically a fault, I actually love the appearance of it personally!
I know that the standards are the same for all three breed varieties (like with the Cocker Spaniel as well) and I guess by "European" I was really generalizing based on the U.K. shows I've seen wherein the pups seemed to for the most part be too exaggerated in most breeds.
But I did mention the judges right off the bat because the breeders can breed whatever they interpret the standard to be, but at the end of the day it is up to the judges to determine what they see to be the best representative of each breed. The more judges are exposed to changes, the more they are likely to change their perceptions. And if we can see breed improvements winning high scores with judges in big shows, it is more likely that other judges will be influenced to change their ideas of breeds as well. All great things!
The Longhaired Dachshund I was talking about was a Standard not a Miniature, and the difference may have seemed more to me since in my daily life I usually see Miniatures much more frequently. However the shorthair and wirehair equivalents did not really compare to the longhair in leg length nor overall size. He/she was a big and tall pup! And a beautiful dog!
I did a bunch of googling just now and could not find the doxie I'm talking about! But I'll see if I can just grab a photo of it off my DVR recording of the show. (:
