[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: WHERE HAVE ALL THE ENTRIES GONE
- From: "Paula M. Cooke" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 15:58:52 GMT
Thanks for the walk down Memory Lane, Tami! Those WERE the days! The McCoys
(Bill, Erna, and Tommy) were both competitors and friends. Jim Norris was my
first handler. He spoiled me; he had me believing in integrity, good
sportsmanship, and honesty! Imagine that!!!!!
Grant Mann had retired and moved to Iowa by the time I got active in GSD's,
but, he taught me much by telephone and by US mail! He warned me of the bad
things breeders fell into.....He told me of his regrets and of his love of this
breed. He made me laugh at some of the "secrets" he knew about other breeders
and especially of other judges!! Over a 6 year period, he sold me (very
reasonably, I must say) 3 very nice dogs to learn from and work with, Ekon von
Liebestraum, Asslan of Robinsway son, Felsig von Liebestraum, and Lance
daughter, Derra von Liebestraum..
We ALL supported each other. The Sedgewicks, Barb McIntyre, Georgette Holst,
Barbara Riccotti, Diane & Leon Spiegel, Pam & Denny Doyle, ---- my mind fails
me on other names! Darn! The Detroit club rocked!
Time does march on and, sadly, things change.
But, overall, I will say that the dogs are much better today...IMHO...better
type/style and better temperament. Not that we still don't have some very
serious health problems (I don't believe any of them are new) and spooks being
shown and, worse, bred, but across the country, I see better animals than back
then. Maybe that is because everyone showed EVERYTHING then and now only what
we consider the "best" are being shown??? Personally, I just like to hope that
GSD's have successfully been selectively bred to improve the breed! Just the
cock-eyed optimist in me coming out, eh? :-) Oh, yeah....what happened to
shoulders?????? Judd, Watson, Tango, Caesar v Carahaus????? THOSE were
shoulders, IMHO!!
Paula, 133 days and counting
Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, 2 Time AKC JAM/AOE, International
Champion, Canadian Champion (pending CKC confirmation), & American Silver Grand
Champion, Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047
(Original Version), 1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in California,
Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH Stats), 2011
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee, Lifetime AKC Eukanuba Invitee. 2 Time
Cruft's Invitee.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Medusasmom <medusasmom1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: WHERE HAVEavhL THE ENTRIES GONE
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:27:21 -0400
I remember my first dog show ever, it was in 1979 at the Monroe Kennel Club.
Jim Norris was judging. I probably still have the catalog somewhere. There were
55 males 63 bitches and 6 specials! Now THAT was a dog show! I remember an all
breed puppy match in Shepard Mi had a GSD entry of 93, the GSD club of Detroit
puppy match always was an EVENT with around 80-100 dogs or so. I remember 2-4
puppy bitch class once Mimi Saltz judged where the puppies were lined up the
entire circumference of the ring.26 of them! I remember it distinctly as my
puppy T-Ho's Strip Tease(ch Ekolan's Wracker x my Zeto of fran jo daug , T-Ho's
Randida of Woodside CD,TC,ROM)Strippymon won that huge class!
As late as the early 90s we talked a all breed club into giving us a scecialty
judge for their yearly winter match and we had 113 puppies one year! Ah yes
those were the days!
We had training classes and worked each others dogs, helped each other work
through problems, got together and watched national videos, had new Champion
parties and mourned our friends lost dogs. Memorials were always put in the
review or club catalog .members often held parties after specialities or
futurities at their homes and you could learn buckets of history just listening
to the long time breeders talk. I picked up so much over a delicious spaghetti
dinner listening to Fred Migliore talk about back in the day! Listening to the
McCoys talk about old times and heard about a small group of fanciers getting
together and co breeding a litter splitting the expense so they all could get a
well bred dog.
It seems like just a little while ago that all this was going on. I had just
put a high in trial from novice A with a 1971/2 score on my 9 imonth old Cori &
had just saved a whole year an a half to buy my foundation bitch Randida. I
guess the best way to realize how long ago it was is the fact that Ann Schultz
had not yet finished a Champion! I miss our big shows and fun social' time of
the past. Sure hope it goes full circle and comes around again.
Hey anybody want to work dogsThursday???
Tami Howard
T-Ho Shepherds
Since 1979
Medusasmom...forever
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