[ SHOWGSD-L ] AKC FLYER SENT TO NEW GSD OWNERS
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Re: the New Puppy Owner Flyer
As the purpose of the flyer is to inform, it is important that it not
contain misinformation or mislead.
The second paragraph states that “German Shepherd Dogs originated in 1899
at Karlsruhe, Germany….” This is a surprise to me as to anyone who looked
at one of the items in the secret exhibit that Vivian and I prepared and
that was displayed at the Centennial Show. It was a photograph of an
article in an 1894 issue of the Scientific American about “German Shepherd
Dogs”
. Was the magazine prescient? No. What happened in 1899, five years
later, was the organization of “des Vereins fur deutsche Schaferhunde. The
first lasting and most important German Shepherd Club about a breed that
already existed.
Since paragraph three mentions breeding or showing the new owner’s dog,
there is nothing to suggest to the new owner that his new puppy may have a
disqualification that would not allow it to be shown in the conformation
ring. This is a new owner who may not know the difference between breed and
performance venues. The new owner should be spared the embarrassment and
anguish of first learning of his dog’s disqualification when he is in the
middle of the breed ring. As to white dogs this is reinforced by the picture
of
the white dog.
Perhaps an asterisk and footnote listing breed ring disqualifications
could be added.
I am happy about the elimination of the paragraph stating that that one of
the best things to do for your dog is to spay or neuter. Here we are
fighting mandatory spay and neuter laws and the GSDCA and AKC have been
sending
out flyer stating that it was a best thing.
Instead of being developed in a closet somewhere it might have been
helpful to display the proposed flyer in the Review or by email to the
membership
to seek comments prior to deciding on a final version. Even our beloved
board of directors is not omniscient.
Tom Brown
ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, stayih alive
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