[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Atn: Out of Area Exhibitors /Diablo Valley GSDC
- From: jastek5@xxxxxxx
- To: SHOWGSD@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:39:09 -0500
Dear Kay,
While i'm not a Southern California Exhibitor, i did want to express my
absolute support of the very worthy and excellent support that your club
provides for GSD rescue. The good people who have taken the time and effort to
rescue GSD's should be applauded and supported as one of the most worthwhile
endeavors us humans can do for our breed. If that means we have to get up 1/2
hour earlier to make the Sunday show, so be it. I hope your out of town
exhibitors agree.
Keep up the good work.
Bill
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Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Atn: Out of Area Exhibitors /Diablo Valley GSDC
Dear Southern California Exhibitors & others out of the area:
I am sending this on behalf of the Diablo Valley German Shepherd Dog Club.
As most of you know, our back to back specialty shows are held in March at
Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek. At our Sunday show, we have our annual
Parade
of Rescue Dogs. Every year, we have one or two complaints about the Rescue
Parade taking up too much time and that it delays exhibitors getting on the
road for their long drive home from Northern California to points south or
wherever.
Your complaints were discussed at our Board meeting last week. Our club
officers and members feel very strongly about continuing to honor the rescue
dogs
that have been placed by German Shepherd Rescue of Northern California. For
those of you who do not know, this organization was started and supported many
years ago by members of Diablo Valley GSDC and was at that time a part of our
club. After a few years, they formed their own nonprofit organization with
a group from the San Francisco area and then about 3 years ago went out on
their own to form the present group which covers the very large areas of the
East Bay, North Bay, Sacramento Valley and Central Valley. In the past, three
years, this group has rescued and placed over 700 German Shepherd Dogs.
The Parade of Rescue Dogs usually draws between 35-55 dogs and their owners.
The parade cannot be held at our Saturday show, as the rescue group hosts
public adoption days every day Saturday of the month in four different
locations.
This leaves Sunday as the only day the rescue parade can be held. This
year, working with the rescue group, the length of the parade was reduced by
50%.
This was mainly due to better organization, the reading of shorter biographies
of the dogs and having more than one dog in the ring at a time. The Parade
which had lasted up to an hour before was reduced to less than 30 minutes.
Given the fact that our membership wants to continue holding the parade and
that it can only be held on Sunday, we would like to know if you would rather
start the show at 8:30 am instead of 9am? This would make up for the 30
minutes that the parade takes. This year, the judge wanted to break for an
hour
so
although the parade was over in less than 30 minutes, the break still lasted
an hour as that was her preference.
An additional question is if you want a stated break between dogs and bitches
for grooming time? This year, dogs were done about 11 and we went right into
bitches and broke after 12-18 for an hour. Would you rather have a stated
break in the judging program between dogs and bitches understanding that there
will be an additional break for the Rescue Parade at or about noon, regardless
of what classes have been completed?
The bottom line is that our club would like to accommodate exhibitors from
out of the area to best to our ability given that the Rescue Parade will
continue to be held on Sunday. The parade will continue to use the new format
which
means that it will last about 30 minutes.
The majority of the attendees at the Sunday shows have stated their support
for the Parade of Rescue Dogs and the judges have all been extremely positive
about it. We would just like to try and accommodate all of the exhibitors the
best we can.
I would appreciate haviny your comments.
Kay Springer
Vice President
DVGSDC
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