Re: [pyrnet] Estagel and Estat d'Argeles Of Basquaerie, etc.

["Chrissy McConnell" <chrissy_mcconnell@hotmail.com>]

This is excellent.  I love the description but....

....if there are so many with poor rears, fronts and gaits....how do they do 
their job?  And what is the reason for this.  Is it as some say, that Mary 
Crane and others in the US and England brought us so many great dogs that it 
left France with the lower quality dogs?  Or simply breeding practices?

Chrissy

>What is it?  A presence, a confidence, a connection with its humans.  They
>are also real dogs, as I said, nothing foo foo about them.  Phenotypically 
>we
>can see a lot of poor rears, fronts, flawed gait, but never doubt these 
>dogs
>can do their job.  That dreamy contemplative look is piercing and somehow 
>the
>dog connects with us by its gaze and presence.
>
>After all these words I still feel like I did not describe it very well.
>Maybe someone else familiar with the dogs in France can give it a stab.
>
>Joe


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