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  • You are both doing wonderfully! Good work to both of you!

  • He looks good and will get used to it with more practice. When do you plan to start showing him? Its hard to find shows in TX as they are so far apart distance wise. When we lived in central TX we only hit 4 or 5 shows a yr.

  • @Basenjimamma:

    Debra..I know most peeps swear by those HL..I just can not justify the $200 price tag, crazy IMO…

    Well the nice thing is, you can buy one and share with everyone you know, or even lease it. I know many breeders who got one and shared with their show homes. I know the one we got 8 yrs ago has been used by no fewer than 15 people. :)

  • @DebraDownSouth:

    Well the nice thing is, you can buy one and share with everyone you know, or even lease it. I know many breeders who got one and shared with their show homes. I know the one we got 8 yrs ago has been used by no fewer than 15 people. :)

    Looks like by the pictures, Petra is using HL?

  • Whatever she is using is working :) You can build your own happy legs, or use soup cans, or whatever…but that method definitely does work well!

  • No, I am not using HL..I got Neat Feet instead..smaller pricetag, seems to work..although HL are nice..just too steep for me..

    I know no one close to me that would be able/need to use HL, but the idea of sharing them is definitely good.
    My breeder (in Sweden) does not use anything..just straight on the table.

  • Looks like "neat feet" works just fine…

  • Well with really heavy dogs, the HL are good cause very stable. Those look GREAT for smaller dogs! And I do know people who make their own.

  • ..I had my daughter help me again with pictures..I think we are improving slowly..it is easier to stack him now…he seems to know what I want..if he moves his feet I tell him "fix it" and he moves his foot back..somewhat..so it is heading in the right direction for sure.

    This is taken off showside, but I really like how drastic the sun outside and the darkness indoors looked so I've included it here..
    Notice we are on the stacking blocks here...

    These are taken on his show side..still haven't figured out his tail..half the time it is on the left the other half on the right..so we are still "playing " with it. Notice we are not on the stacking blocks here..merely 4 plastic lids..

    Which one is better as far as the front legs..the first or the second one?
    I think the first one is more correct..but I don't know..maybe I have it backwards..:)

    1st option

    2nd option

    Are we improving?

    By the way..took him to a show on Sunday so we could "smell the walk, hear the walk before we talked the talk"…..He did great..took treats from strangers, had is teeth looked at, sniffed big dogs, small dogs, grumpy dogs and happy dogs..he even crated well..so much to look at and listen too..I think he forgot to be whiny.

  • He looks good, I like #1 Better, top line looks better in that stack. Remember with the hind feet you want a straight line from the hocks to the ground. Feet are a bit better placed in the first shot. His front is a bit better stacked in #2, in #1, his front is a bit too far under him.

  • Thanks Tanza..so much to look at..I like #1 better too..but I can clearly see his front feet are too far under him..

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