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Feb. 19th, 2008 12:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desoto_hia873I've been thinking vague thoughts of entering Bella into some dog shows. According to the breed standard, she has a little too much white on her front legs--her kneesocks go right up the inside of both forelegs to meet the white on her chest. However, a well known breeder told me that that can be okay if you find the "right judge," and I know of another Toller with too much foreleg whiteness who got his Canadian championship.
I emailed the Minneapolis breeder yesterday to ask if Bella was show-worthy, not counting the extra white, because I know NOTHING about this stuff. Her reply was that, conformation-wise, her only other reservation about Bella was with her "front assembly," which is a bit narrow. Which made me laugh because:
(a) it sounds like Bella's paws need to be realigned so that she doesn't go thump-thump-thump when she runs; and
(b) it makes me think I should start doing that "We must, we must, we must increase our bust!" exercise with her. :-D
One of my colleagues at work, upon meeting Bella, said we look like a Fido commercial. Considering my own underdeveloped front assembly, I guess that's even more true than she knew.
I emailed the Minneapolis breeder yesterday to ask if Bella was show-worthy, not counting the extra white, because I know NOTHING about this stuff. Her reply was that, conformation-wise, her only other reservation about Bella was with her "front assembly," which is a bit narrow. Which made me laugh because:
(a) it sounds like Bella's paws need to be realigned so that she doesn't go thump-thump-thump when she runs; and
(b) it makes me think I should start doing that "We must, we must, we must increase our bust!" exercise with her. :-D
One of my colleagues at work, upon meeting Bella, said we look like a Fido commercial. Considering my own underdeveloped front assembly, I guess that's even more true than she knew.