Personally I decide what I like and if I feel my dog is worth campaigning I will continue as long as it takes. I finished my Ch. Candia's According To Hoyle at 8 1/2 years of age. Granted, he wasn't really started in the ring until 5. My dogs seem to mature later. There's a photo of (Fred) on my website taken a year ago when he was 9 1/2. It's on my dogs page at candiasgsd.com He can still kick butt at 10 1/2! CandyZ candiasgsd.com > Know when to hold them: For what length of time would you show a dog > that you are campaigning towards it's championship? 10 shows? 50 > shows? What is your limit before you...............Know when to fold > them: When do you decide that the dog will no longer be shown? Do you > believe that every dog that is shown should finish no matter > what.........to help the stud dog owner get his dogs ROM? The brood > bitch her ROM? Is the title of CH in front of your dogs name so > important to merit showing it all over the country and changing handlers > 4-5 times? How much money should it cost to finish a dogs > championship? Where do you draw the line? He/she might be good, but is > it really good enough? Curious me, Barbara > > -- > Barbara J. Galasso > CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS > Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.com > > > ================================================== ========================== > POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues > ================================================== ========================== > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================