I'd be a doggy midwife if there was a call for it but showing is where the education and the contacts are made. It's easy to evaluate the obvious, the topline, earset, balance in the face and squareness of the body. Where I still need help is in evaluating a good front and rear, correct pasterns, and proper angulation. In so many areas correct structure is related to soundness as in bowlegged rear contributing to LPs. It's all connected and just too important to not get out there and put the work in to learn all that I can. Some day I hope to have developed a great eye, for now I'll pass everything through my mentor and other show veterns.
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Tami |