[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: I think this post is more viable now than the original date says!!! Someone made me do it!
- From: Sandra Kozub <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:50:59 -0500
At 06:29 PM 8/22/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>What's being prepared is an Illustrated Standard...this is something
>many breed clubs do to explain (and illustrate) their standards for
>prospective judges, new owners, etc....but mainly it is used by new
>judges. There has already been a form of the Illustrated Standard
>around for many years, prepared by Orrie Nordness and small enough to
>carry with you at all times. Someone said it is 50 years old...whether
>that is an accurate dating, I don't know.
> The problems with this new Illustrated Standard include: it has
>more "crap" in it than there ever needs to be...by the time someone is
>preparing to judge they should also have a firm grasp of conformation,
>gaiting faults, and a certain ability to understand English (like when
>the Standard says erect ears, we shouldn't have to draw a picture of
>flop ears); the drawings depict in every instance save two a dog that
>most show people ON THIS CONTINENT wouldn't keep. The two exceptions
>are the drawing of the dog's head straight on (the side views look like
>some other breed) and the drawing of the dog that most show breeders are
>trying to breed...and that drawing is labeled as "excessive angulation"
>and presented as faulty.
> If you would take the time to look at the IS on the PC website, you
>would understand why almost everyone who is involved in showing
>conformation dogs is freaking out about this presentation.
> If this is a "done deal" as people are saying, then there are a
>bunch of people out there who need to be hit in the head with a brick
>and kicked in the butt a few times, as the NIS as presented on the
>website is doing the North American style show German Shepherd Dog a
>great disservice.
>Peggy
THANK YOU, PEGGY ! ! ! ! ! ! This new IS can do a lot of harm to our
breed - it is so bad that it cannot be "tweeked". IMO it needs to be
ditched &
the project started over by someone that appreciates what our Standard
describes.
Sandy
Sandra Kozub
KcK Kennels
http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm
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