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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2024, 09:05:39 pm » |
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WoW, please explain what you mean by v-chested in conformational terms, when looking at a dog.
Are we judging that when looking at a dog from the head in front view or from the side view of the chest depth and shape?
I understand the barrel chested dog, which you see from the head on front view quite easily but is not seen from the side view aspect.
Most bulldogs are judged that the chest depth, conformationally, should be at the level of the front elbows, which can be seen from both the side and front view.
But, and I may be wrong, but inthe bulldog type breeds, conformation judges like them to fit in a an imaginary square box when judged from the side view. Meaning as tall at the shoulders as they are long when viewed from the side with a proportional neck length.
The lungs run parallel to the spine anatomically so the longer the back the more stretched out physically the the chest cavity and the more room anatomically for deeper lungs.
Just making sure we are on the same page?
Or are you referring to a v-chest when viewed from the side, with a huge v and depth of the chest when looking at say coursing breeds like greyhounds or wolfhounds , whippets etc, which have a comparatively narrow chest than bulldogs when viewed from the from view.
I think we are talkin the same thing. But I’m try to drill down and learn here…
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