 click here to journey to Guisachan Enjoy the below history on the Goldens! Other antique gold-coloured retrievers...some Guisachan ... And...not to rain on your parade but...  This is most certainly a "devolution"...lets look at foto 1: we have a dog with tremendous bone & scope, lots of leg...with a nice pastern...the feet are not delicate-they are built for business. The dog is well off the ground, the spring of rib is moderate, the stifle to gaskin angulation is moderate...notably, the back-skull has breadth with moderate, gently sloping stop which radiates to a backskull which is not shaped like a helmet (the theme is moderation)! In truth, the dog has a geometry about it...foto 2: same thing: nice feet with breadth, well knuckled up...slightly turned out for increased traction. The scapular angulation is suited for function, the dog remains well off the ground. By 1930, there were many Goldens around & a fixed type had occurred after much judicious development. foto 3: same thing: the head remains true to form...nothing has been lost...the sacred geometry of the dog remains & one could crawl underneath it-it is well off the ground-(probably because everyone was still using their dogs in the manner for which they were bred). foto 4: length of leg has been HALVED in front...the hocks, stifle & gaskin in the rear-structure appear anatomically bewildered (over angulated)...the back-skull appears "domed" with the stop of the nose being more pronounced & the muzzle shorter. This results in a completely different bite as regards field work...specifically, retrieving... foto 5: the rear legs have begun to sickle-look at the scythe-like stifle angles-where once the elbows were free from the barrel...now they are flush against it...which has changed the chest completely...it is now protuberant. The dog, as a whole, is much lower to the ground. We see the domey, juvenile skull & pronounced stop of the modern Golden head...foto 6: a modern Golden. Have they evolved or devolved? I suppose tis a matter of the beholder. As these are merely my opinions, please take no offense... Comments are closed.
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AuthorHowl-O! I'm Julia Jensen- devoted student of dogs & religious sampler of cheesecake, wheat beer, huehuetenango coffee & almost any chocolate out there. I indulge these fancies & more, in the remote silence of the pacific NW. *PLEASE NOTE* The videos selected for bloghism could be construed as "disturbing" to those of certain bents, sensitivities, natures, mind-sets, etc.. I have a distinct interest in relaying footage of dogs doing what they have been doing for centuries....& in some cases, I also include dog show footage just as a matter of interest. If you do not like my selections, by all means, do not view them. Archives
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