We have lost the youth and this is difficult to turn around
What has helped in European countries is a show strictly devoted to youth
handlers showing your dog or my dog as it does not matter but these shows have
the same credentials as a normal show and points are given etc
I have mentioned this concept to Frank and it would be easy to implement
Perhaps a regional club (local) would be brave enough to try this as a sort of
"beta site" to see the interest but???
We definitely need a transfusion of youth!!!
Morton
"You must live with a great dog to discover what makes them different and
exceptional or you miss one of life's great joys"
Morton Goldfarb,M.D. FACS
CEO ENT Associates of Alabama PC
On May 3, 2015, at 7:26 PM, Helen Franklin <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:===========================================================================POST
Where have all the good dogs gone? Long time passing. Gone to pet homes
every one, long time ago.....
My heart is broken when I see the entry of the local specialties. TWENTY
total.
That is not acceptable! Not acceptable for the hosting club, not acceptable
for the judges traveling, not acceptable for the ringside....not acceptable
for us elderly traveling to watch the show. I will no longer drive 4 hours
to watch a show that has an entry of 20 with perhaps 16 attending. I miss my
dog shows! I also find it physically difficult flying many hours to judge 15
dogs. I am sad down to my very toes. I so love my German Shepherds, there
are no better, no more beautiful, no smarter, no more wonderful dogs....WHAT
IS WRONG WITH US !!!!!
Helen Franklin
50 Year Member GSDCA
