kpwlee
Raleigh, NC
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| 06/26/2012 11:53 AM |
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Does their butt touch the ground?
I posted this question elsewhere because Bugsy's does not and was told some breeds cannot.
Here's his sit:
 
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Texas Belle
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| 06/26/2012 11:56 AM |
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| Shorthairs butts do not hit the ground in a sit. I get comments about it all the time. Greyhounds are the same way as well as other breeds. |
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Bev Quarles, the Pointer Sisters (Belle and Halo), the Outlaw GSP (Johnny Ringo) and the little Princess (Fauna)
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kpwlee
Raleigh, NC
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| 06/26/2012 11:58 AM |
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awesome info Bev - I heard about greyhounds
In watching him over the years, it doesn't look to be possible unless he does a sloppy sit |
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everbell
Kanata, ON
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| 06/26/2012 12:29 PM |
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Mine like to use their stubbies as tripods, especially when it's wet or cold  |
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Roxane (RIP: 1995-2009) and Tiger Lily (Cats)
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Texas Belle
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| 06/26/2012 12:33 PM |
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| Ringo gets his butt closer to the ground, but he spreads his legs out a bit and kind of sits between his legs, but even then his butt does not hit the ground it just barely touches. And yes they can do a sloppy puppy sit and their butt will hit the ground, but I don't allow that with mine because I compete in obedience and it is too easy for them to go into a down from a sloppy puppy sit. |
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Bev Quarles, the Pointer Sisters (Belle and Halo), the Outlaw GSP (Johnny Ringo) and the little Princess (Fauna)
Yellow Rose GSPs
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DLord
Holly Springs, NC
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| 06/26/2012 12:46 PM |
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Everbell - the tripod thing made me laugh out loud! These four legged kids are such entertainment! |
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everbell
Kanata, ON
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| 06/26/2012 12:49 PM |
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Yup. The stubby also works as a spring when they are released from the "sit"  |
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Joce and Rich
Bogart and Shiraz (GSPs)
Roxane (RIP: 1995-2009) and Tiger Lily (Cats)
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kpwlee
Raleigh, NC
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| 06/26/2012 1:16 PM |
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You can see Bugsy's tail doing the tripod thing in the first pic!
So can anyone from here have a GSP that does sit with their butt touching and NOT a sloppy sit? |
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weerubbertummy
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DLord
Holly Springs, NC
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| 06/26/2012 1:41 PM |
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I'm going to have to pay attention and look more closely but I think based on this picture their butts may actually touch the ground (especially Zoe).
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kpwlee
Raleigh, NC
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| 06/26/2012 1:43 PM |
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Nice one neighbor (I'm in Raleigh!)
Gorgeous pups!! |
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smatulewicz
Michigan
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| 06/26/2012 2:28 PM |
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| Bella's touches if she cocks one of her feet out to the side (perfect example in my avatar), otherwise it's more like she is sitting on her heels. A guy at Petco while we were in Georgia commented after I had Bella sit at the cash register "oh, you got a "half sitter" huh? You'll have to work on that". And it took me a bit to figure out what the heck he was talking about because she had sat perfectly. Lol |
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smatulewicz
Michigan
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| 06/26/2012 3:16 PM |
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Oh me, you can't see it in the avatar pic, I cut it out. Here's a few of her sits.
There's the foot push I used to worry her joints were weird or something, but realized she just couldn't get that bum to the ground without it.
Another little foot push
Sitting on her tail and heels
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vnrose53
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| 06/26/2012 3:31 PM |
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So. . .all these times I've been yelling "I want that butt on the ground!" I was asking too much?  |
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JoeyBean
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| 06/26/2012 7:01 PM |
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Funny thread! we have a squatter too!
Just took these earlier, I got a new point and shoot. Ididn't really capture it, but she got bored of me trying:
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smatulewicz
Michigan
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| 06/26/2012 9:47 PM |
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| bored? that last pic isn't GSP excitement? |
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JoeyBean
Albany, NY
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| 06/27/2012 5:30 AM |
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| lol. yawning for ours means either: "something is really boring" OR "crap i must have done something wrong if I yawn it will be OK" |
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smatulewicz
Michigan
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| 06/27/2012 8:31 AM |
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| Lol Bella scratches to try and cover a wrong command or to try and get out of training. She has ever since she was a pup. I was on to her! |
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Smylinacha
Connecticut
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| 06/27/2012 12:30 PM |
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| I think they touch the ground. Windsor can actually sit and look like a human sometimes the way he does it and we crack up! The only time I've seen Windsor's butt not touch the ground was when he ate very long grass and went to go do business and it got stuck half way out and he wouldn't sit all the way and I had to pull it out yuck! |
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cynthiarose
COLORADO
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| 06/29/2012 10:22 AM |
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| HAHA. We use the tripod reference as well. Havocs butt does not touch the ground unless he does a lazy sit like in my avatar. |
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