dmdsmoxie Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) One great thing about slo-mo is it makes it easy to see what lead the greyhound is on. The cadence for a left-lead in double suspension gallop is left rear, right rear, right front, left front and the opposite for a right-lead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARiYEaHMB-4 Edited November 24, 2019 by dmdsmoxie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimeL Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Absolutely beautiful. Such amazingly fantastic animals! Quote Mom to Ranger (PB's Long Ranger), Esso (Kiowa Stay Over) and Cookie the rattie mix Missing Kahn (Gil's Khan) 10-29-03 - 11-7-16 Belle (Regall Belooow) 8-9-07 - 3-12-17 Star (Greyt Star) 1-19-07 - 3-13-2020 Pitch (Emerald Pitch) 4-1-08 - 6-3-2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcR Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Nothing more beautiful or fluid than a running greyhound Quote Marc and Myun plus Starbuck (the cat)Pinky my AWOL girl, wherever you are, I miss you.Angels Honey (6/30/99-11/3/11) Nadia (5/11/99-6/4/12) Kara (6/5/99-7/17/12) Cleo (4/13/2000-4/19/2014) Antnee (12/1/2002=2/20/17) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaFlaca Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 10 hours ago, dmdsmoxie said: One great thing about slo-mo is it makes it easy to see what lead the greyhound is on. The cadence for a left-lead in double suspension gallop is left rear, right rear, right front, left front and the opposite for a right-lead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARiYEaHMB-4 Please explain the term ‘lead’. Thank you for sharing this glorious video. Quote Irene ~ Owned and Operated by Jenny (Jenny Rocks ~ 11/24/17) ~ JRo, Jenny from the Track Lola (AMF Won't Forget ~ 04/29/15 -07/22/19) - My girl. I'll always love you. Wendy (Lost Footing ~ 12/11/05 - 08/18/17) ~ Forever in our hearts. "I am yours, you are mine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveRoooooers Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 The sand kicking up from each footfall, the suspension, the bendy/shock-absorbing pasterns, the tags flying ... this was beautiful to watch, thanks Dick. Quote Old Dogs are the Best Dogs. Thank you, campers. Current enrollees: Punkin. AnnIE Oooh M Angels: Pal . Segugio. Sorella (TPGIT). LadyBug. Zeke-aroni. MiMi Sizzle Pants. Gracie. Seamie . (Foster)Sweet. Andy. PaddyALVIN!Mayhem. Bosco. Bruno. Dottie B. Trevor Double-Heart. Bea. Cletus, KLTO. Aiden 1-4. Upon reflection, our lives are often referenced in parts defined by the all-too-short lives of our dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatterseaBrindl Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Breathtakingly beautiful. 'Lead' is a reference to which front leg lifts and then strikes the ground first when they are galloping. In this video the dog is on the 'left lead'. Dick has explained the rest of the footfalls. Horses are the same. Some disciplines require that the horse be on one lead or the other as they travel around the ring, most often with the leading leg being the one on the inside of the circle. If you are going clockwise, the horse 'should' be on the 'right lead'....the right front leg will lift and then strike the ground first. The order of the following legs is the same as on Dicks example. In high level dressage the horse is asked to change leads every stride ...a very difficult thing to do! Quote Nancy...Mom to Sid (Peteles Tiger), Kibo (112 Carlota Galgos) and Joshi. Missing Casey, Gomer, Mona, Penelope, BillieJean, Bandit, Nixon (Starz Sammie), Ruby (Watch Me Dash) Nigel (Nigel), and especially little Mario, waiting at the Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdsmoxie Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 People and animals are right-footed or left-footed. With a greyhound as the lid opens they push off on their dominant back foot and it doesn't matter the foot. What does matter is as the dog approaches the turn he will switch to his left lead if he is on the right. He has to in order to hold the turn. Think about the cadence on the left lead, left, right, right and left. the two right legs coming down one after the other helps the greyhound hold the turn. If the dog isn't on his left lead going around the turn he will "blow the turn" or keep going straight instead of turning as fast as he needs to. As the dog heads down the backstretch he will switch to his right lead and as he approaches the far turn will switch back to the left lead and as he exits the turn and heads to the finish line he will switch back to the right. The only race where it matters which lead the dog breaks on is the 660 yard race because the starting box is right where turn 3 is and the dog doesn't have time to switch from his right to his left lead. Trainers, at least good trainers, know all their dogs and whether they are right or left-footed. I'm not a trainer, but what I was taught by Dennis, for those that don't know Dennis that is Dennis McKeon and he is one of the great minds when it comes to greyhounds and if you google his name along with greyhounds you will find a lot of the articles he wrote, is if your dog is breaking off his wrong lead there is something wrong with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 " a thing of beauty is a joy forever.." John Keats Quote Dogs and small children are the only people I really get along with....MacDaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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