[pyrnet] Re:Double Dewies

[Ursula Garfield <soloflyr@netzero.net>]

Maybe you should browse the GPCA site and look at the Illistrated Standard.

http://clubs.akc.org/gpca/gpcaistd.html


Taken verbatum from there.

Ursula


>
>
> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 06:39:36 -0700
> From: lmweisser@home.com
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Re: Double dewies
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ursula Garfield" <soloflyr@netzero.net>
>
> From the AKC standard
> FRONT FEET: ROUNDED, CLOSE-CUPPED, WELL PADDED,
>         TOES WELL ARCHED.
>         A sound front-end assembly is critical for breed function. Good
>         reach is required for efficient movement on flat and rough
>         terrain. Powerful shoulders and strong, flexible pasterns allow
>         the Great Pyrenees to absorb shock as it easily descends steep
>         slopes.
> Pasterns are strong and flexible, set on at a slight slope to the
>         lower leg bone.
>         Each foreleg has a single dewclaw.>>
>
> Where on earth does this come from?  The part in caps is a quote from the
> standard.  the rest is not.  Somebody's commentary?  If so, whose?  It's
> fine to quote opinion and commentary, personal or from the GPCA or whatever,
> but it is important to be clear what is part of the official standard and
> what it not.
>
> Linda