What is the appropriate angulation for a Bouvier, both front and rear, and why?
The Belgian and Dutch standard mention no angulation on hocks — as a matter of fact, on the sketches, they show the hocks to be perpendicular. The AKC standard states “slight angulation at the hock joint”. Why the difference? How does angulation affect dogs for show, schutzhund, herding, other protection, drafting? back CKL: The approximate angulations in front is straight and in the rear is slight angulations at the hockjoint, this is for me the best structure for working. Straight in front and rear was necessary in former days when the Bouvier had to be capable to avoid the horns of the bulls and cows. This kind of angulations gave him the possibility to turn quickly (like a quarterhorse) and to jump up to avoid horn thrusts or kicks. In showing it gives him a less spectacular gating then, for example, a German Shepherd Dog. In work it makes the Bouvier also a bit slower than, for example, a Malinois. The Rottweiler has about the same problem. It is however the way the Bouvier was h
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