I was just thinking the same thing as I looked at the Virginia Specialty. I started showing in the late 80's early 90's and though there were not as many being shown as Helen speaks of, there was still alot of competiton. Maybe part of the decline is that we have lost some of the people who would bring alot of the top quality dogs to the shows. It was always fun to see who they were showing.And if you could win over one of their dogs well then you felt that you had arrived. Sue M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Franklin" <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:17 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] WHERE HAVE ALL THE ENTRIES GONE > â?oWhere have all the entries goneâ?¦â?? > It is hard to imagine that on a Futurity weekend, with a good judge, the > CLASS > count was 12 dogs present and 13 bitches! This just cannot be. This was > the > size of the American Bred Class 25 years agoâ?¦.not the whole show. I > only wish > those new to the breed could have seen the regular entries of over 100, > felt the > joy of winning a show of over 100, finishing a Champion with shows of over > 100! > orâ?¦just sitting and watching a show of over 100â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦.. > Helen Franklin > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. > > Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group > and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions > expressed in any post. > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================