I am rather disappointed this year. Is it because of the judge or is everyone just pooped out after Nationals? Hopefully I'll find something to buy to make it worth the time. Denise W. http://sabianshepherds.tripod.com for show and performance *join my site ring* ________________________________ From: "jdm_gsd@xxxxxxxx" <jdm_gsd@xxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 5, 2008 8:48:54 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Building Majors I don't post often, but thought that I would for this topic. Majors are getting harder and harder to find. Everyone talks about wanting the number of dogs to go up. (But) even with only needing 12 dogs for a major, so many shows fall short. The shows in Cleveland this year are not majors. The numbers are Thurs. 5-3 (2-0), Fri. 8-5 (1-1), Sat. 9-10 (2-1) Sun. 9-9 (1-1). I know this is an AB show, but still the entry is bad. You talk about non-quality dogs entered in a show. I have entered some of my dogs, that I know are not show dogs , and I know they are not going to win, but I do this to ensure that my club has a major. So raising the numbers will not help everybody, unless more people support the shows. Both Speciality and AB shows. Dottie JDM Shepherds of Tanglewood ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================