I have yet to see an all breed with majors in Ohio, the only one being the Steel Valley Cluster, and they only have 24 dogs total this time. The all breeds are worthless to go to if you are looking for points, and it seems the specialties aren't much better here. Maybe it's just Ohio, or maybe it's the economy. Denise W. The Good Ole Boys~Chopper and Chase http://www.showgermanshepherds.info for show and performance (join my site ring-follow the link) ________________________________ From: "Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx" <Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx> To: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx; pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, July 31, 2010 3:06:33 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: A few questions for those looking for majors at all bre... why would anyone want to "dumb down" the system? dogs are still getting their majors, finishing their championships. keep making it easier and the title becomes universally meaningless. can't speak for anywhere else, but the ABs in CA do draw majors, as do our specialties. diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for everything German Shepherd and then some! _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) Skater's Blog In a message dated 7/31/2010 10:56:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: The solution is to get rid of "majors"....go to a system more like the CKC....but then again, my dog is not in this fight......FB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Little" <pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, CHGermanShepherdShowDogsList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Germanshepherds4Show@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, TheGSDShowcase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:51:32 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] A few questions for those looking for majors at all breeds Is the only way to get majors in this economy is to go for Breed then group 1? (we keep entering and not going because they are falling short..such a waste of money) Are we hurting ourselves when we try to build them? Should we just sit it out and hope AKC will lower the dog/bitch numbers?? Seems like alot of the shows that have been consistantly having majors for years have all fallen short this year. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts. 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