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[Semmes]

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…

[Semmes]

With a little reflection, maybe you are referring to a more narrow v-chest when viewed from the front?

It would also make sense sense lungs are just bags that expand and contract, which would expand and deflate the chest width extremely when looking from a front view?

Like I say, just learning here…

[Semmes]

I’m working pitbull dogs I always took it to be a reference of the legnth of back making the dog slightly more of a rectangle than a square when looked at front the side?

[Semmes]

All the while remaining string and thickly muscled when viewed from front not narrower like a coursing dog. Just spitballing hahahaha

[Semmes]

I’m imagining a dog like bullyson is the type you are referring to?

For all I know only from pics….

[t-dog]

Yes he’s meaning V shaped from the front view. I like my dogs to be a little more rectangular than square, not drastic of course but enough so that you notice. There are two main things that determine how many hogs you can catch with a certain dog on a hunt. His ability to breath well and get enough air to stay cool and recover and then his disposition. A dog that’s made right will breath better. A dog that has an on/off switch recovers faster because they aren’t staying excited and worked up. Of course there is situational stuff that happens and can affect it but I think y’all get where I’m coming from.


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[WayOutWest]

That v is from the front Semmes.