[quote=gsicard]Thanks for posting. I do understand the point about balance. However, what if you have something that looks like a Rhodesian Ridgeback but is the size of an English Mastiff and it was totally balanced? I am not about rigid interpretation of the standard in the case of the RR since the weight is not discrete with terms like desirable and approximate. Balance is sometimes used as an excuse for out of standard dogs... balance is subjective thus cannot really be measured and will vary with the observer's paradigm... All the best to you.[/quote] Yes,I agree but in my opinion the problem is not what in some ocasisons in an entire life of breeding you obtain a few freaks trought the years.When I say freak I´m talking about correct,typical examples of the breed but oversized,not talking here about monsters.The problem is when you breed with the only objetive in mind to try duplicate that dog again and again.Then the disaster arrive:,overboned,structural problems,linfatic dogs,lack of typicity and a lot of other genetic disasters. I´m not know almost nothing about RR and I´m not a fanatic of overdone,excesive dogs but in my opinion (I´m talking about Spain,dogs that I can see in magazines and dog shows) perharps,yes,a lot of modern examples of the breed are very thin.Curiously a friend of mine have some obsesion with this matter and always talking about the lose of sustance in the actual RR.Sorry my english.Greetings from Spain.