bracco italiano "gait"
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2017 3:40 am
I have a friend who has just bought his first HPR (hunt - point - retriever.) She is an 8 weeks old bracco . This is a breed I love watching in action although I have never owned or trained one. I have seen about 20 of them hunting at tests held on grouse moors and I noticed that while a few of them had that lovely long striding ,swinging gait the breed should have most of them did not have it.
I am not at all worried about any of the rest of her training (I will be helping my friend where and when I can) but I really do not know if the breed gaits properly due partly to breeding, partly to training or if that gait really needs to be developed by training. In other words, is that gait achieved by nature or by nurture ? Does anyone have any knowledge of this they are willing to share ?
Thankyou
Bill T.
I am not at all worried about any of the rest of her training (I will be helping my friend where and when I can) but I really do not know if the breed gaits properly due partly to breeding, partly to training or if that gait really needs to be developed by training. In other words, is that gait achieved by nature or by nurture ? Does anyone have any knowledge of this they are willing to share ?
Thankyou
Bill T.