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I hate the "labs" that they show in that stupid event. Maybe Mr. Bobby Lane could get Ali to show them what a working dog looks like.Originally Posted by Tom Watson
Not Ali, but another very good looking working dog (FC AFC CFC CAFC Mission Mountain Ninja "Ninja".)
Last edited by Jacob Hawkes; 02-13-2013 at 04:25 PM.
Yep American field bred dogs are so much better looking and physically suited to the job that it's not even comparable.
Bert
Bert Rodgers
Unfortunately what the general public sees on tv forms their ideas of what labs look like. I have a very good looking 2 year old male, (Eba and Ram lines) no bias here. I take him to work with me every day. Not a week goes by without a visitor or guest commenting on how sweet my lab "mix" is. The one or two times I have asked what made them think he was a mix, the reply was the same. Oh he is so much taller and his head isn't blocky! Shoot, this is one of the nicest proportioned dogs I've seen, not weedy, not whippet headed but I just smile and thank them for the complement.
Carol,
Owned and handled by Cruisin' with Indiana Jones, JH
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To me a lot of those dogs are just plain freaks. It's amazing what humans create through breeding. Or destroy the same way. My favorite group is the working dogs. I like the big suckers. Saint Bernard, Newfounland love them, Mastif. My favorite was the Leonberger.
It CAN be done, this boy would put mud on your face leavin' the line and run like a bat outta heck there and back and would never get tired of it. He ran hard and determined. They told me he wouldn't win in the show ring and I saw the snickers as I walked up to the ring entrance that first time and they saw mine when I walked out WINNERS DOG over SPECIAL'S on some BEST IN SHOW HANDLERS...yeah baby... He remained competitive and kept taking those points... I was on a high with a boy that I felt was EVERYTHING I worked for. So instead of wishing someone else would get a better dog in the ring...why don't YOU get a better dog in the ring... and then take him to the field and show 'em that IT CAN BE DONENever a day passes that I don't wish I could throw for him one more time ....
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Glad to know some of the midgets can do field work. Our field labs would not get to first base in the ring because they don't begin to conform to the "breed standard". I always said, though, that I didn't care what they look like if they could bring in the placements and had fun doing it.
"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men." Sir Winston Churchill 1899, The River War.
This year the Lab with initials at both ends had some of it's best representation in years. Among those in the final cuts were 2 GRCH/MH's and a CH/SH with 3 MH passes. 2 of those were females. While I am not a fan of what is in the ring and the fact that most don't work their Sporting group Labrador, Keifer was far better than what has been in the past. Along with last years winner who was a lovely more moderate female who now has her JH. I for one hope the trend continues and the age of a more moderate labrador returns
Nicole
"Until one has loved a dog, part of their soul remains unawakened"
“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.”-Milan Kundera
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WindyCanyon's Don't Stop Believin " Journey"- Heathen in training
Why don't they judge the labs by the akc standards and not by what is fashionable.
Maybe a bit off-topic... but has anyone ever seen the movie "Best In Show"? It is an older movie now... but hilarious...
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"Best in Show" is one of my all time favorites. You're right, side splitting funny!!
"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men." Sir Winston Churchill 1899, The River War.
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