With all due respect Zoe….
1) California is dog friendly. I can go to a show almost every weekend of the
year in CA. I stay at hotels for almost everyone. I am responsible for my pets,
and courteous to those around me … and I take care of my dogs. Never been asked
to leave and usually get thanked.
2) I find it very hard to believe that no suitable venue could have been picked
on the West Coast. You have three very large states…. All of which regularly
have wonderful LARGE shows, including NATIONALS for other breeds.
3) Shipping is a pain in the butt… we all agree about that… but apparently its
ok for WEST COAST to ship east but not the other way around… I get to drive
2000 miles to St Louis in 3 weeks with 3 dogs by my little old self…. Not how I
wanted to spend a week of my two week vacation… (at least FB wont be in the car
messing with the radio) 😉.
4) See quote below…. I don’t care where the membership lives… we are supposed
to rotate.. and the burden should not be borne by a portion of the group all
the time…. Numbers are down all over the place…. You know why … COSTS…. And I
truly don’t see why inconveniencing someone in St Louis should be my concern
when it is readily apparent inconvencing all of us out here is of no concern to
them…. If I hadn’t already committed to this national prior to the demise of
Reno 2017 I would not be going… and I doubt I will go next year… I wont be able
to afford it…. So keep on alienating people and our dogs and us will stay home.
There are three all breeds in the same approximate time frame as our National…
guess where my dogs, and my money will go…
“Also try to remember that over 80% of membership is east of the Mississippi
and some need to be
able to get to a National to even come close to not losing our shirts.”
You also have EAST COAST people who are also financially put out…. And lets
talk about the dogs…. I am sure my dogs will tell you three days in a car
sucks…. Just like a day of flight would for them… but because they are GSDS
they will come popping out of the crate…. Ready to work… maybe we can add a
special class at the national for dogs who had to travel for an obscene amount
of time unlike their local counterparts….
5) I know a lot of the board members are dedicated folks… and they are very
approachable… I have heard there are a couple who are incapable of having a
civil conversation and are disruptive… I don’t know why there are so many
closed sessions (having worked in government for a long time I can tell you
nothing good ever came from closed door sessions but hurt feelings and ongoing
frustrations and rumors)…. But things need to change or we will lose FB and
many others… many who have a lot to contribute or have already contributed a
lot… and that is just sad….
Just me .02 which won’t buy you anything…..
Michelle Wallis
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