[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Build it and they will come, But they won't build it

From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <michel@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:51:20 -0700
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON Michel!!
None of the conformation people are great about helping in the Obedience ring 
during the
show .......so our Club will likely pay some people to help with Obedience for 
our  next shows, 
as the entry is that important to our finances with the Club opening it up to 
all other Breeds.


Carolyn    marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michel To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 
5:48 PMSubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Build it and they will come, But they won't 
build it


  Evan, you should come once in a while to the Grand Canyon GSD shows.
  Performance and conformation people work together to get all the rings setup
  and taken down.  Granted there are more conformation people than performance
  people, but the few who are there really help.
  Furthermore, for the past 5 years we have offered All Breed performance
  trials and that has more than paid for all the expenses of the shows.  The
  clubs who do not offer All Breed performance stand to go in the hole,
  financially.  
  I strongly urge all clubs to "think outside the box" and entertain All Breed
  performance, even if you don't have any GSD owners in the club who will
  enter, think of the financial aspects of it.  
  While many conformation entries will travel far to come to a show, 99% of
  all performance entries come from locals.  Making contact with the local
  obedience/rally clubs and other organizations who hold such classes will go
  a long way in getting a lot of entries in your All Breed performance trials.
  This is especially important now that the AKC has opened the door for
  non-pure-bred dogs to compete, increasing the potential number of entries.
  Again, think of the financials... 

  On a side note, since I post results on the GSDCA site, it is always a
  struggle to get the full results of performance trials that are held at GSDC
  specialties.  So when you do hold performance trials please make sure you
  send in the full set of results.
    
  Regards,
         Michel Ebertin
   

  -----Original Message-----dan-ann@xxxxxxxx writes:
   
  I am  quite sure the Review would be happy to take performance ads all year 
  long  - send them in




  This has been a problem for years. We used to put on obedience at our  shows. 
We would have 70 
  conformation people and five entries in obedience.If we opened it to 
all-breeds we got a bigger entry, 
  but had few people willing

   to work the obedience rings. We have always brought the performance winners 
to  the conformation 
  ring to show who won, but performance neverasked who went BOB  or seemed to 
care.  It has always
   been one sided.
   
  I can appreciate performance, and the hard work, dedication and enjoyment  is 
tremendous. But, it 
  is never the obedience people who ask to set up the  obedience ring, who 
bring an announcer or who 
  offer to bring the food or cook  the hot dogs.
   
  I don't have the answer. I know performance seems to be growing in  
popularity, but it doesn't seem 
  to bring in club members.  I sure would like to find out who is going to 
support the clubs, other than  
  conformation.  So far, they seem to be all the workers. The advertisers in  
the Review are conformation, 
  and the obedience people only advertise in the one  month it is dedicated to 
them.
   
  Each year I attend the San Gabriel Show, and they always have a good  
obedience entry. But, when I 
  look, it is the conformation people who bring the  trailor, setting up the 
rings, getting the judges there, 
  and cleaning up  afterwards. 
  Perhaps I am just missing something, (which is normal for me), but do  
  obedience people work at clubs outside of California?
   
  Evan  Ginsburg

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- [ SHOWGSD-L ] Build it and they will come, But they won't build it
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