You can lead a horse to water, but you can't skin him and make a leather jacket.
There is no way to make people interested in learning. Some who show in
conformation get tired of not winning and just blame it on politics. All we can
do is welcome new people, make it a point to talk to strangers, and hope they
get interested.
A family just bought one of the puppies we brought home on Friday. He sings in
a cover band for the Doors, (the buyer, not the puppy), and he is channeling
Jim Morrison. They said they will bring the puppy back when he is ready to
show, and we might have a new convert. Summer and her family came by and they
all spent some time together. Maybe someone new for conformation, and maybe
they will learn, and maybe they will join the club.
That's all we can do. But, if each of us made it a point to welcome new people,
we might help the club grow. More importantly, we would each learn something
new, and make new friends.
What more can we do?
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia Van Den Berge <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: edwinx <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: \\ <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Sep 7, 2015 10:00 am
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Sorta shocking
I guess my point wasn't really show vs working people, but rather the lack of
interest of people in learning as much about their breed as possible. I want
to know as much as I can. Even though I didn't start out in conformation, I
wanted to learn what made a good shepherd good. I studied old reviews, videos,
books and still do. My friends just don't seem to have that interest.
Cynthia.
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On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:47 AM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
30 years ago I trained with a Schutzhund group that included the San Jose
Police K-9 officers! The overwhelming majority detested the so called American
show German sHepherd Dog! Their attitude didn't bother me ( I march to the tune
of my own drummer) my goal back then was to have a SchIII and an AKC champion
in the same dog! Most of them told me I was crazy and it would never happen!
They were right BOTH times! lol it's hard to chase two rabbits at the same
time! You end up not catching either one! Ed
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------ Original Message ------
From: pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
To: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx, dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, freelist
Sent: September 7, 2015 at 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Sorta shocking
I was just sitting here thinking I could never train under someone so closed
minded as the training director below. What else doesn't she know and in what
other ways are her personal biases and prejudices preventing her students from
growing/learning? Or is her little niche just a way to sell puppies/dogs?
Kathy Salvucci, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/
In a message dated 9/7/2015 10:18:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Would have replied privately but your address was no where to be
found so I will " olsonize" my response....: you don't need to belong to the
GSDCA to learn about the breed! And knowing what I know now, if I had it to do
all over again I would have NEVER joined the club! And being a club member is
NOT a bad thing but because of the way the club operates it certainly conflicts
with my maverick type personality, as do most things. Ed Hill
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------ Original Message ------
From: Cynthia Van Den Berge
To: freelist
Sent: September 7, 2015 at 6:42 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Sorta shocking
I belong to a local IPO club. It a mix of breeds but most are GSDs.
Occasionally I mention something related to conformation, specialty shows or
the parent Club. It shocks me that these folks know nothing about the above
and couldn't care less it seems. Just yesterday a guy who has two shepherds
and puts a lot of time into working them mentioned that he was headed to Purina
in late October for some trial. I asked why he didn't go to the National ( he
is retired and has plenty of $$). His dog is a good worker and he could
potentially do pretty well. He didn't know what I was even talking about. Had
no clue what a National was or anything about the parent club. He is not
alone....that seems to be the attitude of every GSD owner in the club. Why is
that? When I got my first shepherd in the early 70s, even though he was a pet,
I wanted, was hungry, to learn everything about the breed. Like many, I
started him in obedience, joined a local club (GSDC of Atlanta) learned a lot
and the story goes on. Why am I not seeing this with my friends? We have a
local club (GSDC of Memphis) who would love to have them and would work to
include them in activities and provide things that would interest them.
One thing, our IPO club training director is a working line breeder and hates
all things American...so, I am sure her attitude rubs off. Many of the club
members have bought dogs from her (including me). It just frustrates me that
here are at least 6 people who are deeply involved with their dogs, but have no
desire to learn more about the breed. What to do? Cynthia
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