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Post by ArcticWolf on Oct 7, 2017 22:30:04 GMT -5
Id really like to get into the show ring with my favorite breed the German shepherd but im having trouble getting a decent pose with my german shepherd dog. I need some help, whats a acceptable German shepherd pose?. Example of my dog layla:
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Post by Ratqueen on Oct 8, 2017 0:33:59 GMT -5
Your dog is beautiful! Amazing colors combination! There aren't a lot of people breeding or showing the Petz 5 German Shepherd breed, so I'm not sure there will be a lot of experts out there. I used to breed them obsessively when I first started playing Petz 5 years ago, and I did show a few of my babies back then. First thing first, all poses should be facing to the right. A dog posing facing left will be disqualified. I've never been great at posing dogz (and it's harder in Petz 5), but these are the few German Shepherds I showed back in the days:
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| Centauri (okay but bad legs?)
| Cassiopea (very bad)
| Wonder (great?)
| Cobalt (okay but meh?)
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From the pictures above, I'd say Centauri is kind of acceptable (but the back and front legs are not very well aligned and chest not very puffed, so meh), Cassiopea is really bad (misaligned front legs, head tilted left), Wonder is great, I think (very proud stance with puffed chest, legs aligned, head high and can only see one eye, tail nicely curled over the back), and Cobalt is meh (can see other eye and he doesn't look quite as proud. If his head had been better placed, he would have been okay, with a great tail curve). Oh, and there was also another problem with all my poses: the dogz were not fully grown. It's usually preferable to show petz as adults (in some shows, it's even a requirement). I've never been able to get a dali-type (facing the camera) pose out of them, or they were horrible and I discarded them, I can't remember (that was like 10 years ago). Regarding your dog, I think he looks a bit spooked on the picture (with eyes wide open, no lids showing), as in getting in or out of a proper posing stance (plus should be facing right). Well, I hope that helped a bit Good luck!
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Post by ArcticWolf on Oct 8, 2017 2:47:21 GMT -5
Thank you ratqueen i will try my best to get her to pose, i just posted that picture of a example of how she poses also i was not sure which way was acceptable for them to face so thank you for letting me know. Also thank you for the complement i edited the colors of the file because i was having so much trouble breeding true. I think shes beautiful too .
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Post by smonikkims on Oct 8, 2017 4:15:27 GMT -5
I don't know much about it but I have heard that the German Shepherd is a notoriously bad poser. However if you can get something great out of him, I think he'll really stand out to judges! Good luck!
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Post by ArcticWolf on Oct 8, 2017 6:16:17 GMT -5
Would this pose be ok or is it still a bit off?. Hope its alright to tag people . Ratqueen, smonikkims
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Post by smonikkims on Oct 8, 2017 6:55:32 GMT -5
As far as I can see, the back feet look to be in good enough alignment and the nose is in a heart shape... That's about all I can say about it because Dogz aren't my specialty! But it does look better than anything I could do. Ratqueen will likely be more help, as will probably Ali the Dogz specialist.
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Post by Ratqueen on Oct 8, 2017 9:05:42 GMT -5
I agree with Smonikkims. It looks like a good dali pose for this breed. The different body parts are where they should be (in my opinion, but dogz aren't my specialty either). By the way, if you want to introduce some fresh blood into your breeding, I have 10 German Shepherd breeding pairs from my miscellaneous GS breeding projects that are available for download on my web site -- link in my signature (under "Download Petz"). None breed true, but they definitely helped getting more petz of a certain color already
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Post by ArcticWolf on Oct 8, 2017 9:23:22 GMT -5
Thank you both very much for the help and advice. I will certainly enter her in with that pose into a dali pose show now that i know that one looks okay . Thanks ratqueen ill have a look and certainly keep them in mind ^^.
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Post by Ali on Oct 8, 2017 10:13:24 GMT -5
Ratqueen will likely be more help, as will probably Ali the Dogz specialist. you're too kind! ;-; I have zero experience with this breed and I don't think I've ever seen it in a show, so unfortunately I won't be much help. but here are a few things I would notice as a judge in a dali pose show: The face seems to be close to centered and I imagine this breed doesn't get much more centered than that. I'm saying this because the nose is almost 'heart' shaped, with both nose ballz level and one pixel between them. The eyes are 1 pixel off level but that is normally not a big fault. This breed has really strange legs so that's where I would struggle to judge it. The back toes in your pose are aligned, which is a good sign, but much of the far back leg is visible which I would see as a fault with any other breed. Also, the front elbow looks bent and I would definitely prefer it to be straight. But, I have no idea if this breed is capable of fixing those issues in a pose. from RQ's examples, it does look like the gshep can pose with straight elbows.
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Post by Ratqueen on Oct 8, 2017 10:21:40 GMT -5
from RQ's examples, it does look like the gshep can pose with straight elbows. I wonder if the reason MAY have been because mine were not fully grown? (for instance, if you look at Centauri's back legs, who was a little older, but still not fully grown I think, her back legs are not quite as straight as the 3 younger ones...) I have no idea though, and I know we're talking elbow, lol. All I know is that they were very difficult to get into an acceptable pose, at least to me, and what I kept was the best I could do at the time. But I love 'em!
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Post by smonikkims on Oct 8, 2017 10:26:22 GMT -5
Oh, for sure, the G. Shep's back legs are definitely supposed to be like that, even the realistic files on PKC for the G. Shep specifically have their back legs stacked like that and it inevitably causes more of them to show and there's also a specific exception rule for that breed only. I don't know about the front legs though!
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