To most puppy buyers the most important papers in their puppy's life is the ones used to potty train. Many just want a healthy puppy bought from someone they feel they can trust. They get a pedigree and they don't really care if they register their puppy's or not. In the bigger picture it does not give you one piece of info on what a male is or is not producing. Most of my puppy buyers would rather Mirco chip their pups than register it with the AKC. Micro chipping protects the pup What does the AKC registration do for them? As for the Fut Mat entries. When you enter the pups they might look good, at the time of the show they have gone into the puppy uglies. It is a match any way you look at it. So you look at your ugly puppy and ask yourself . Do I want to spend money showing this right now?? Most of the time the answer is no. Can't fault anyone of that. Terry who wonders why we keep asking the same ole questions. Put simply we are not replacing ourselves in the breed because for the most part I don't think we want the competition. As we go the Happy Hunting Ground our numbers get smaller. Many who still love the breed are getting to old to participate. Fewer people showing dogs, equals fewer people breeding show-dogs, equals smaller entries. Nancy Harper <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Of equal interest is the number of absentees at our Futurities. Why so many - even in the older classes? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:13 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Logistics and statistics... I'm sure we've all heard of breeders losing entire litters to herpes, parvo, etc. Combine that with pet owners who don't register and I'm sure it could add up to 40% not being registered. Melissa > > In a message dated 12/6/2005 1:03:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, > inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > How does a dog have 40+ litters, producing 200+ puppies, and > have less than 60% of those animals registered? What are the bitch > owners > doing with 40+/-% of the puppies? > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. Lots of someones, actually. Yahoo! Personals ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================