[ SHOWGSD-L ] Amateur Futurity - Please read

  • From: Ruth Scheubler <rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: DaList <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:37:23 -0700 (PDT)

I train and handle my dogs in all sorts of venues - but showing GSDs in 
conformation is not the same as showing an Otterhound. Gone are the days where 
Ann Mesdag and Ginny McCoy could show because they were shown at a reasonable 
gait. Now we reward race horses.
Ruth

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From: "Scharo777@xxxxxxx" <Scharo777@xxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:21 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Amateur Futurity - Please read

As Futurity Chairman, I have listened to hundred's of complaints about  
professional handler's fees at Futurities.  There are MANY people who  CANNOT 
show their own dogs and demand to be able to use a handler.  I  cannot 
regulate what handlers charge.  As in anything else, the law of  supply and 
demand 
regulates what handlers charge.

When I took over as Futurity Chairman - an Amateur Futurity had been  
started.  However, as a pilot  the participants were treated as poor  cousins.  
That has gradually been changed.  In  2013 participants will receive the same 
trophies, pay the same entry fee,  and there will be an amateur venue offer 
at each Futurity region in 2013.

There is a Futurity venue available to compete.  I suggest that you  start 
NOW.  Get you litter nominated.
IT IS FREE if you do it when you do the breeding.  Train your  puppies.  
Join a local club or a Owner-Handler club and practice your  dogs.  If you 
cannot physically show a dog, find a friend, a club member, a  Junior, or start 
your own kids.  I assure you it is FUN!.  And you  will be on an equal 
footing with your peers.  

Hundreds of people are out there showing their Golden Retrievers and having 
a ball.  WDA people are showing their dogs and having a ball.

If you start in the amateur - maybe we can slowly make changes that will  
carry over into the breed ring.

But it is up to you!

In 2013 the GSDCA is 100 years ago.  It is YOUR club.  Why can't  you learn 
to show your dogs?

Carol Moore
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