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Frayed Knot Feb 16 2016 10:10 PM

So who would be your choice? Skye Terrier (Terrier) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://cdn2-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/2011/01/file_23086_skye-terrier-460x290.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] Borzoi (Hound) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images23/BorzoiKOBOLDogAmericanCanadianChampionAbidjansKoboldFerlinka.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] German Shepard (Herding) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://cdn2-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/2011/01/file_23188_german-shepherd-dog-460x290.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] German Shorthaired Pointer (Sporting) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://cdn2-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/2011/01/file_22976_german-shorthaired-pointer-460x290.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] Samoyed (Working) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://nextranks.com/data_images/dogs/samoyed/samoyed-06.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] Bulldog (Non-Sporting) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]https://vitaminsforpitbulls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/english_bulldog_11.jpg?72f41c[/fimg:li3m9b4f] Shih-Tzu (Toy) [fimg=300:li3m9b4f]http://www.dogchannel.com/images/articles/breed_profile_images/shih-tzu.jpg[/fimg:li3m9b4f] And the answer was ... German Shorthaired Pointer, followed by the Borzoi

cooby classic Feb 22 2016 08:26 PM Re: Westminster

That German Shepard doesn't look right...

MFS62 Feb 22 2016 10:39 PM Re: Westminster

cooby wrote: That German Shepard doesn't look right... You're right. I've never owned a dog, but that was obvious to me, too.(now that your comment made me look again) It looks too scrawny. It looks like a pure show dog, rather the working dog the breed is supposed to be. Later

Frayed Knot Feb 23 2016 08:53 PM Re: Westminster

Supposedly part of the criteria for judging each breed is to imagine them doing exactly what they were bred to do so I doubt the dog was too scrawny. Unfortunately, some of the groups that set the standards for each breed tend to go overboard in 'designing' how they want the dog to look; low dogs are bred to be really low; wrinkly skinned dogs are bred for more and more wrinkles, etc. In the case of the German Shepards I think they've overdone those low rear hips to the point where it gives the dog an unnatural looking gait. The worst of the lot is the bulldog. Selective breeding has made it look nothing like it did a century ago and purebreds now have trouble breathing and therefore with stamina, with both mating and giving birth (virtually all are now c-sections), and tend to have short lifespans all because of human directed changes to its skeleton & skull.