Showsight October 2018

CORRECT ANGLES

by MICHELLE SCOTT

I ’ve seen some posts that make me wonder if people really under- stand how to look for correct angles front and rear. First, we need to establish landmarks. For fronts, we are looking for the withers, point of shoulder and the elbow. Drop the head down and you should easily feel the withers (the uppermost point of the scapula, the shoulder blade). The front assembly is held onto the body by mus- cles, tendons and ligaments so there is a fair bit of movement, as you can see

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