Advice on a few dog poses? :3

[CD KennelZ]

I got a few poses out of my newest dogz and wanted to know if they were good or ok or...
I'm still not a pro at being able to judge a good pose from a bad one by the small points and such so...


"Podge"
~Entered him in a few shows and he has placed high (including a EBW BIS), but I think this pose could be improved upon..??



"Carly"
I think she doesn't look "showy enough" and is not as puffed up as she should be, but thats just me -_-



"Anubis"
I CAN'T get a dane pose out of this dog! She seems to think she's a dali and thus keeps giving me dali poses. She is in general not a good poser and this was the best I was able to get from her. I thought this wasn't that great of a pose but she did place 2nd in her first express show. xP



Thanks for any help or advice!

[Amy@DukesGroup]

They are all very nice!

Podge-
The only thing I see is the head could be a little better. It looks almost tilted just a tad. You can tell by the nose shine. See the difference in Carly's nose shine and her eyes.

Carly-
Looks like she could be puffed up a little more

Anubis-
Looks really good, maybe a little off alignment. Good Dane poses can take a while to get, just keep working on it

[CD KennelZ]

Thanks for the advice!

I was able to get another pose out of Carly, but her back leg is too out of alignment?


And are these decent dali poses?



Everyone says that dali poses are the easiest to get but for me they are the hardest. I can never seem to get the tail curled over the back no matter what :/ So I tried posing a tail less aussie, but he turned out to be a bad poser T_T