When it comes to mentoring new Gordon Setter exhibitors I’m asking all experienced breeder/exhibitors to join us in our “it takes a village” approach on this blog. For this article I’ve started a list of video links, books, DVD’s and articles that I’ve located related to canine structure and gait. These are all-breed reference materials, not Gordon Setter specific, hopefully we will have breed specific material to add to this site soon.
- What is needed from you, “the village”, would be your comments regarding whether you have read or viewed any of these references and if you found them helpful or maybe not so good. This way our learners will have your experience and advice to guide them.
- Also, if you can add any items to this list I hope you will share those. Please add your insight by posting in the comment section that follows the article.
Online Videos Simply move your cursor to the title and click to go directly to the item.
AKC Video Series: Dogsteps by Rachel Page Elliott
Dog (Canine) Movement by Dogue De Bourdeaux
Gordon Setter Video: AKC website
DVD
What to Look for in a Dog by Rachel Page Elliott
Books
Dogsteps New Look by Rachel Elliott
K-9-Structure-Terminology by Edward-Gilbert
K-9 Structure & Terminology by Edward M. Gilbert & Thelma R. Brown
The Dog Structure & Movement by R.H. Smythe
Article links
More Than Meets the Eye by Carmen L. Battaglia
Insights Into the Motion of Dogs source Frederich Schiller University Jena published Science Daily
Gordon Setter Expert 
Thank you to Barbara Burns for reminding us to add the link to the Gordon Setter video from the AKC website. It does include a brief shot of a Gordon Setter moving properly on lead.
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