Hmm.... I'm not that crazy about the re-stack. Her front feet are a smidge forward and she's pushing off them. Her rear is slightly overstretched + I think her toes are out on the one side. She does appear high in the rear and there's more emphasis on that dip in her back - but I'm not honestly sure if she is or if it's how she is standing.
You can't really see her feet - so I'm not sure where people are seeing flat feet.
And I'm throwing this out here
not because I see this in the above pic (feet aren't clearly in the picture) just because it's something to consider if you have a dog who posts often or doesn't like standing up squarely on his feet. One thing to keep in mind too is many show home dogs have their nails trimmed often for more than one reason. Among else, long nails can affect the feet. Not saying she has long nails, but that sometimes those nails can affect how the dogs stand on their feet. They kinda roll back on the feet because they honestly cannot stand up on their toes because their nails are so long.
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For goldens we want round and
tight feet. .
Head shot - main thing I noticed maybe was her ears look like they are set high.... But they don't look so high in the stack pictures....
One thing to throw out there is stacking these dogs.... it's something if you show, we practice a lot with our dogs. A dog stands correctly because the structure is there and there's no aches/pains causing him to distribute his weight funny. A dog also stands correctly because the conditioning and muscle memory is built up by the time he's an adult dog. A lot of show pups get a lot of practice learning to have their feet placed and do "food face" for rewards. So it is tough when you are starting all of this with a 3 year old. So the criticisms regarding foot placement and what's going on with her topline - unless you have somebody knowledgable and going over her, hands on - it can be difficult knowing whether it is simply a case of the stacks being very unfair to a nice dog.
Not sure if Robin and others mentioned getting a CCA on her or going that route - might be worth it, because generally speaking the judges are supposed to be kind with people who are not experienced handlers. A friend of mine had a miserable time trying to get her dog to trot for the CCA judges and they had somebody else move the dog and set him up so he could get the scores he deserved. .
A CCA might be useful particularly if you decide to breed her maybe a year or so down the road, after you do all the clearances - it would help you understand what to look for in a stud dog.
A nice stud dog can do a lot.... Especially if you go with one who is proven and brings a lot of strong points to the table. Assuming you are looking to produce pups who could be show dogs and CH's and take you places you might be dreaming of, you need to go with a boy that has the pedigree you can hang your hat on - but also has all the right things that you want to improve on with the puppies you get from your girlie if you decide to breed her. This is the reason why most experienced breeders tell new breeders to look elsewhere for a stud to breed their girls to. The very typical thing that a lot of people do is buying a boy who can be bred. The danger there is instead of using a boy who has everything their girl needs more of and has proven to do that as a stud dog, they may be trying to fix their girl using a stud who has his own problems that need fixing.
One of the people that I think Robin was referring to as somebody who was a mess to start with and turned everything around as she listened to what people were telling her... I vaguely remember that she was a member of this forum and recall she got lambasted for breeding a dog without clearances and there was a lot of other stuff besides that. The impression I had was when she started out, she was doing it alone without a mentor or without training her dogs.... and things were out of control. The dogs she owned at that time were not going anywhere. She had to earn the trust of breeders to let her co-own a show bred dog. And to get there, she had to listen and put the work in. Fast forward a few years and she is doing quite well, having put CH on a couple dogs. I believe that one of the top finishing goldens at the Westminster show this year - was her dog.