I finally understand. Thank you.

It wasn't necessary to be snarky with your comment. You could have just as easily paid Romeo a nice compliment by posting about his success at Crufts, and not detracting from the moment with your negativity. Brush the chip off your shoulder and enjoy a lovely dog who is getting some time in the spotlight. There are many others out there and I look forward to their time in the spotlight too.

Congrats to Romeo and his team. Well done.

Dime a dozen? What a comment about the best Labrador in Europe.


While he may be just like your Labrador, the relationship Romeo and his owner handler presents gets him the win. They are both enjoying themselves.

It's a show folks. Entertainment !!! It is not life or death.

Run with your Labrador, if he is able to keep up with you while at trot you are showing the judge the dogs reach and ability to easily move with no effort !!

You are not fooling anyone by moving slow. Just adding to the lumbering look. It is unpleasant to watch.

I have to disagree with you that Labradors should be moved at full speed. They should be moved fast enough to see their reach and drive but not like it is a race track. I see handlers moving them way too fast sometimes. The dog should be moved at the speed that is right for them individually. Too slow you cannot see thier reach and drive, too fast and they just look like a race horse.
Romeo is a lovely dog, so nicely balanced and moves so well. What I like the best about how he is presented is that it is on a loose lead. Wish more would do that.

I don't know, I have a boy who wants to move out. I have to run after him. He loves to get out to the end of lead and sometimes I feel that I don't even need to be in the ring with him. I run fast just to keep up with him!

I watched the video and I don't see that dog as moving fast or running, I see very fluid, effortless movement. Something you don't see too often. That dog looks like he could go all day, opening and closing his stride as he needs to. I think when you watch a good moving dog, you don't notice the handler. Isn't that the idea? The dog should draw your eye to him/her when judging or watching movement.

This is a sporting breed and while I don't hunt my dogs, mostly because of time and location constraints, I do appreciate a well conditioned dog with substance, good bone, good feet and proper coat. He's a lovely dog and it's a pleasure to watch him go around.

JMO

Amen.

I could care less about this Romeo being frank. You've talked him up and I barely know who he is and I really don't care. As I live in the USA, I have no plans of breeding to the "Best dog in Europe" according to you because he isn't the type I like.

He is a dime a dozen as someone else said, sorry to say too from what I've seen from afar. He looks like a generic, pet lab to me with that incorrect front we see too often everywhere.

You can go follow him around Europe or pay for frozen semen to breed to him but you don't have to shove him down anyone else's throats. It's becoming old and I'm not on this board very often.

Boom..... Check please..............!!!!

Wonder where the venom comes from?

A Labrador like Romeo is one in a million.

Can't wait to see all the over weight 120 Labradors at Potomac. Going so slow because their chests are dragging the ground.. boy that look is special. Gives me chills just thinking about it.

I don't agree that dog is one in a million.

Don't assume all prefer over-weight Labs either.

My Labs are not and never have been anywhere near 120 lbs. I've never had 1 that is even 100 lbs. I prefer my girls at 70 to 80 lbs. maximum and boys at 89 to 97 lbs. in fit, muscular condition with nice double coat but not fluffy or over-coated.

No Lab is perfect, including your Romeo.

I don't like bald dogs and I don't like incorrect fronts or lack of balance. Type is extremely important as well. So your Romeo doesn't fit my likes. I'm allowed just the way you are to have likes or dis-likes.

See you at The Potomac. How many days to go now?

See that is the issue. All Labradors should look exactly like Romeo.

I see no flaws in him.. He could not move the way he does if he had an incorrect front.

My goodness. Tell me you are not a judge.

that loser pete uplander couldn't say enough about his "Arnold" three ways Satch. I doubt he likes Romeo, a classic Labrador Retriever.

He must be selling Farmina Dog Food now as I see Satch all over Facebook promoting it.. Satch looks like a scroungy mutt.

he's been eating too many kibbles no doubt. If he had fed Pro Plan he would not have ended up with a monster dog.

You can knock Pete/Uplander all you want.

But please don't knock Satch (his dog). He can't help what he looks like.

Is he an overdone Lab, yes.... but he is a sweet boy who deserves all the love he gets.

I know Pete is overkill and goes off on tangents again and again....etc.....

But don't knock the dog. He is a "pet" Labrador with a huge loveable face. :-)

Don't knock Pete either! What did he do to you to deserve bad treatment?

....because most judges think that what has been winning for the past decade are what labs are supposed to look like.

That said, the lab that covers a lot of ground isn't necessarily the best lab either. But I can't help feeling sad when I see most handlers using half of a small ring. I can't help feeling sad that if the temperature is higher than 80 degrees, the dogs can't do two laps around half of a small ring without being in danger.

Think about the knowledge level that is out there. An earlier poster said that s/he has an 85 lb male who runs every day and therefore he is fit. Can you tell whether a dog is overweight or not with that information? I would think people would realize that unless you put your hands on the dog, you really don't know for sure....unless of course the dog is completely obese like many conformation dogs and you can see it a mile away...

So, your dogs are only approximately 10 - 15 lbs overweight as compared to the obese dogs who are 20 - 30 lbs overweight.

I am not knocking Pete (others are) Just saying its bad enough to knock humans on this board. Just don't knock the poor dog who is a well loved pet.