[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: AKC Mixed breeds
- From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx" <VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx>, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:17:47 -0600
I had drawn my line in the sand so to speak about adding mixes to
performance events. I felt it was contrary to the mission statement of the
AKC, BUT,the below is the most sensible argument I have read. If the AKC
wants to start and Org within itself for this type of venue..go for it.As
long as purebred dogs aren't getting bumped for entries by mixes and as
long as the events are held separately..I could live with that. As for no
new members in the sport..for those who get the Gazette..read the interview
with the Old English Sheep dog breeders..they hit the nail on the head.
their breed is "high" maintenance which is not conducive to attracting many
new people to their breed. The GSD is also high maintenance in a different
way..lots of conditioning and training to be competitive..so it is not just
our breed..Now days if something requires a bit of work or effort..forget
it. Interestingly, having competed in obedience, I found it to be quite a
bit of work also if you really wanted to be competitive..so it has to be
the nature of conformation and the subjectivity of it that turns people
toward performance events.then add additional work for high maintenance
breeds and many really lose interest! Christine
hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Steve and Christine Grainger
WWW.HICKORYHILLGSD.COM
> [Original Message]
> From: <VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx>
> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/26/2007 10:48:19 AM
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] AKC Mixed breeds
>
> On the Judges List--they are also giving their opinions re AKC mixed
breed
> survey. With her permission,I'm posting it to our List since it has more
> information and has a wider scope of opinion Helen Miller Fisher
>
> Fellows;
> In many ways this is no different than the AKC's newest match scheme that
> was held this past weekend in Raleigh. Reaching out to the public and to
> get them to really know what we, the fancy, are about. Unfortunately with
> the match in the manner in which AKC hosted, find an open weekend in the
> show calendar to hold one....smiling
>
> I had heard that AKC's proposal was based on England's Kennel Club, which
> has included mixed breeds in several competition events for a few years.
> Never one to take a someone's word for anything, I looked it up and
> contacted friends in the UK. Sure enough, that's exactly what they do.
They
> have an Activity Register for any dog not eligible for their Breed
> Register. Sports any old dog can compete in, if registered of course, are
> Obedience, Working Trials, Agility, Heelwork to Music, and Flyball. Not
> included are Field Trials and Gundog Working Trials.
>
> The emphasis is on fun for both competitors and spectators.
>
> They even have a club-within-a-club, the Companion Dog Club, open to all
> breeds, mixes, and their owners. No competitive competitions here, just
> different activities.
>
> How do the English purebred breeders feel about this? I asked one, the
> specific question being "do the purebred breeders and exhibitors over
there
> have objections...." and so forth.
>
> The answer: "Well, no, why would they?"
>
> In review of the AKC site as well as that of many listing the various
> anti-breeding, BSL, antidog laws, I must opine that if this is one way to
> try to get some of the general public to really learn about the bulk of
our
> show breeders ethics and what we, the fancy, are about, "why not?"
>
> We of the fancy who compete have always been the elite within the dog
> world. AKC finally has the statistics to back up that our side of the
sport
> has stopped growing, newcomers are not coming into it in a manner that
they
> once did.
>
> Look around at the judges, many of the real dog folks are beginning to
get
> a little long in tooth being replaced by many who are not of the same ilk
> but who see this side of it as a full time job and approach it
academically
> rather than from a practical point. Just look back at the archives here
on
> the cries over the formalization of learning practice, which interesting
is
> really the way breeds and dogs were always learned.
>
> Now, prior to once more getting up in arms, let's really think through
what
> impact this may have. The truth is that with this, perhaps the next dog
> some of these individuals acquire will be a purebred.
>
> Next, how many mixed breed or even purebred pet without papers breeds
> acquire ILP's at this time to compete in performance events? How many pet
> owners do you really think will go to the extent of paying for this
> application and to compete in the same manner that we do? I would like to
> see how many would cough up the $25.00+/- per entry fee, plus all the
> assorted costs!
>
> Now broaden to think about the offset to the costs of CAR by selling
tags,
> chips and registering the mixes to help them get home when they are lost.
>
> This is much broader than the narrow view being expressed by many on many
> of the so called chat lists. As judges we should be taking a higher and
> broader view of these things and really analyze them prior to reacting.
>
>
> Regards,
> Carolyn Hensley
>
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