{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F9f4f2aae-d998-41fc-bc54-f1415b7b76f8","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"8 - The Three Little Piggies and How They Built a Better Dog","description":"Straw, Sticks and Bricks \u2013\r\nUnderstanding the blueprint to build a brick house, a foundation for better dogs and how breed history and the breed standard work together.\r\nConformation \u2013 principles of the ideal dog.\r\nWhat is a dog supposed to BE?\r\nHistory Matters \u2013 What was your dog designed to do and how form follows function.\r\nUnderstand that a breed\u2019s innate quality and instincts matter. Happy and forever homes depend on an owner knowing that herding dogs herd.\r\nAs a Breeder:\r\nMemorize your breed standard and be able to apply it\r\nLearn the language of dog \u2013 vocabulary and meaning of anatomy, movement, balance, and proportions.\r\nFront Assembly \u2013 Function, construction, angulation.\r\nGeometry and Angles\r\nBalanced Angles\r\nMechanisms and Suspension\r\nA race car is built different than a truck. The suspension and wheel placement has to be in the appropriate place. A dog\u2019s \u201csuspension\u201d is also well underneath in the appropriate place for its function.\r\nCement the Blueprint in your Mind\r\nFix the ideal image in your mind and work to evaluate and grade how your dog and other dogs match or lack against the breed standard image. Understanding why you are winning, or not, may be answered in your education of yourself.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a704ac25-bd82-4d66-a7e5-d62a61fa1675/itunes1800_a.png"}