Gait / Movement Flashcards
The different gaits are easy but powerful, even and lively. The legs move straight without exaggerated bouncing of the body and without rolling, the top line staying level. The canter is the most common gait in the field, the strides are rapid and of medium length, the hind legs having little extension to the rear (collected canter).
Brittany
The gait should be smooth, free and effortless, giving the impression of great power and strength. When viewed from the side, there should be good reach with no restrictions of movement in the front and plenty of drive in the rear, with good flexion of the stifle and hock joints. Coming at you, there should be no sign of elbows being out. When the …….. is moving away from you, there should be no sign of cowhockness from the rear. As speed increases, the feet tend to converge toward a centre line of gravity.
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Moving straight fore and aft, with effortless drive.
Clumber Spaniel
The …….. ,though the smallest of the Gundogs, possesses a typical sporting dog gait. Prerequisite to good movement is balance between the front and rear assemblies. He drives with strong, powerful rear quarters and is properly constructed in the shoulders and forelegs so that he can reach forward without restriction in a full stride to counterbalance the driving force from the rear. Above all, his gait is co-ordinated, smooth and effortless. The dog must cover ground with his action; excessive animation should not be mistaken for proper gait.
Cocker Spaniel (American)
Effortless, powerful gait with good extension and drive. Parallel movement. At speed legs tend to converge.
Curly Coated Retriever
The …..combines an impression of power with a springy, jaunty gait, showing good reach in front and a strong driving rear. Feet should turn neither in nor out and the legs travel in a straight line. As speed increases, the dog should single-track, topline remaining level, and covering ground with economy of movement.
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Free, long-striding, springy gait
Large Munsterlander
Long, unhurried stride with great drive from the rear. Short, stumping action undesirable.
Field Spaniel
Free and flowing, straight and true as seen from front and rear.
Flat Coated Retriever
The typical gait is an animated, light-footed trot, elegant and far-reaching, with much drive and corresponding reach. Not exhausting gallop when working in the field. The back is firm and the topline remains level. Good, upright carriage. Pacing undesirable.
Hungarian Vizsla
The typical gait is an animated, light footed trot, elegant and far reaching, with much drive and corresponding reach. Not an exhausting gallop when working in the field. The back is firm and the topline remains level. Pacing is undesirable.
Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla
Moves freely and soundly, with reach and drive; characteristic rolling motion accentuated by barrel-shaped rib cage.
Irish Water Spaniel
Free, relaxed and capable of fast trot.
Italian Spinone
Free, covering adequate ground; straight and true in front and rear.
Labrador retriever
The preferred gait is the trot.
Spanish Water Dog
