[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Line Breed/Cross breed - American/ German
- From: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:50:13 -0800
You don't necessarily have to pay a lot of money anymore especially in this
age of technology. You do, however, have to do tremendous research. Today
we can watch the German Sieger show on streaming video online from the
comfort of our living rooms or office.
You don't have to search for the right type of dog, just a dog that
conforms to the standard.
Ken
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:24 PM, MORGAN LEWIS <shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> From a well informed Breeder/Owner:
>
>
> OFTEN, SOME People, tend to BREED to the TOP AMERICAN BRED
> , WINNING DOGS, REGARDLESS OF HEALTH OR TEMPERAMENT PROBLEMS...AS LONG
> AS THEY ARE PLEASING CONFORMATION-WISE...
> EVEN IF THEY COME FROM THE SAME BLOODLINES, IN THE BACKGROUND, OVER AND
> OVER!!!! AD INFINTUM WITH THE SAME HEALTH PROBLEMS, ETC. ETC.
>
> ANY PARTICULAR LINE, OR LINES, TEND TO DOMINATE THE BREED, IF IT IS
> PRODUCING SHOW WINNERS..
> OFTEN, AND SADLY, LITTLE REGARD IS PAID TO THE "FUTURE" HEALTH AND
> WELL-BEING OF THE GSD BREED IN THE USA, AS
> LONG AS THAT LINE PRODUCES CHAMPIONS...
>
> OUTCROSSING, SOONER OR LATER, IS A MUST, IF A LINE IS GOING TO MAINTAIN
> HEALTH AND VIGOR AND VITALITY, ETC...
>
> TODAY, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE WEALTHY ENOUGH ( AND, OR KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH
> ABOUT THE WEST GERMAN SHOW LINES,) TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER AND BUY THE TOP
> DOGS ....
> AS WAS POSSIBLE IN THE OLD DAYS... BUT IF SUCH A ONE COMES OVER, WE
> SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HIS OR HER VALUE TO OUR BREEDING PROGRAM..
> SOMETIMES ONE WILL WORK WITH WHAT WE HAVE, AND SOMETIMES NOT...
>
> THERE ARE WAYS TO LEARN AND EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE BEST OF SOME OF
> THE MAGNIFICENT WEST GERMAN DOGS...
>
> BUT IT TAKES DEDICATION AND " LOTS OF MONEY " !!!!!! TO BE ABLE TO
> PURCHASE ONE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING IN THE BREED..AND THAT
> IS IF THE OWNER WILL SELL THAT DOG, AT ALL!! THERE WAS A YOUNG MALE I
> WAS VERY INTERESTED IN, PEDIGREE AND VERY STRONG, CONTINUOUS FAMILY
> TYPE AND TEMPERAMENT AND STRONG HEALTHY BLOODLINES...
> BUT, SADLY, I DIDN'T HAVE $ 65,000.00 IN EURO'S, TO BUY HIM .
> ...
> MOST OF THESE TOP QUALITY WEST GERMAN SHEPHERDS, ARE ALWAYS DOMINATE
> FOR THEIR TYPE, SO YOU MUST BREED AN AMERICAN BRED THAT IS SUITABLE
> CONFORMATION, TEMPERAMENT, CHARACTER, INTELLIGENCE, ETC... TO ACHIEVE THE
> TYPE, YOU ARE SEEKING TO BREED. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY YOU
> WANT IT... AND HOW TO KEEP THE TYPE....GOING FORWARD... AND HAVE THE MONEY
> TO AFFORD THE ENTIRE OPERATION... INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF FUTURE
> BREEDING PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR HIM, OR HER, ETC... IT ISN'T
> EASY..
>
> IN THE OLD DAYS WE HAD MANY PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF MONEY AND THEY OFTEN
> FORMED BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.. LIKE THE BID-SCONO GROUP, AND ALL
> CONTRIBUTED TO THE PURCHASE OF AN OUTSTANDING WEST GERMAN BREED
> REPRESENTATIVE...TO BRING INTO THE USA....
>
> AND WE ALSO OFTEN HAD A BREEDER, WHO WAS WELL-CONNECTED WITH THE
> GERMAN BREEDER'S AND COULD NEGOTIATE..
>
> . I DO NOT THINK MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE SUM OF $ 500,000.00 IS NOT
> CONSIDERED " THAT EXPENSIVE", FOR A SEIGER SHOW, TOP WINNING WEST GERMAN
> MALE...AND THERE ARE OFTEN STRINGS ATTACHED, SUCH AS , SAID DOG, HAVING TO
> BE RETURNED TO GERMANY TO STAND AT STUD THERE, PERIODICALLY, ETC. ETC. ETC.
>
> JUST A THOUGHT... FROM ONE WHO LIVED AND BRED WEST GERMAN LINES,
> CROSSED WITH AMERICAN LINES VERY SUCCESSFULLY, IN THOSE EARLY 1950 TIMES
> AND STILL AT IT... WE SHOULD NOT SHUT OUR EYES TO ANY POSSIBILITY TO
> IMPROVE THIS GSD BREED...
> OUTCROSSING, PERIODICALLY, TO ME, IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO SUCCESSFULLY
> FORWARD WITH THE GSD BREED..
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Morgan Lewis, RPh.
> Member GSDCA
> President Last Hope of Georgia 501c3
> "So Much to Do, So Little Time"
>
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