Tried to share this image directly in a Facebook post on the SC-L discussion group, but it wouldn't work properly, so I have created this blog post for it.
This is a work in progress, originally intended as part of the Illustrated Standard on the Cardigan Commentary International (CCI) website.
This is a work in progress, originally intended as part of the Illustrated Standard on the Cardigan Commentary International (CCI) website.
Also working on a more comprehensive study of Cardigan gait and struture which I hope to eventually share, but here's one image intended to illustrate two important parts of the gait cycle at a trot. One phase is when the dog is in full reach/extention and the other is during foot impact and 'drive' when weight and balance is shifted from one pair of legs to the other as the body is pushed forward.