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UNDERSTANDING THE SCOTTISH DEERHOUND STANDARD

2) Movement: Easy, active and true

“ the deerhound gallops with its head in the air, and its body raised off the ground, ready for a spring at the throat or ear…while the greyhound, with his head close to the ground…is prepared to pick up his game, not pull it down” ~ Stonehenge, 1875

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Curtis Brown, with his engineering background went to great lengths to correct misconceptions about shoulder angulation and gaits based on function. He describesin Dog Locomotion and Gait Analysis , Ch. 7, the trottingstylesof breeds designed for galloping …. “ the rather long forward reach of the front paw; it looks spectacular, but is quite wrong for the breed’sfunction …it is regrettable that beauty of motion is selected in preference to proper functional style, but then maybe this should be expected in dog shows….since the function of Deerhounds is illegal, perhaps this isas it should be”

Source: Curtis Brown Dog Locomotion and Gait Analysis , 1986 by Hoflin Publishing.

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