[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Building Majors..how??
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:22:15 -0500
That kind of cheap champion isn't an insult.
The term is meant to be insulting...and the dogs I've seen it applied to are
the ones who got their titles by beating pets and dogs from their own
kennel......fillers all, or at least most.
In this instance the word cheap has nothing to do with cost...it has to do
with value.
By the same token, a group of people getting together and ensuring that
there will be a major
at a show, be it an all breed show or a specialty show, is not the same as one
breeder calling
all his or her pet owners and asking them to enter a show so the breeder's
"good" prospect
can win.......sometimes the breeder will even pay the entry fees for these
dogs. Again,
cheap doesn't denote inexpensive........it denotes quality of the dogs beaten
on the way
to the title.
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: Carolyn Martello
First I would like to know how you reach the point of "knowing" your dog
will win??
A gift I've never had............... <G>
Usually we go to a show thinking we have the TYPE of dog that at least ONE of
the Judges
will like...........but you never know what the competition will be. ANY
dog can be beat.....
If it is close and the best chance coming up for your dog.....enter the pups
and give them
the experience also. If it's hundreds and hundreds of miles away....we
would stay home
and let someone else get the major... if it does hold. But that's just us.
I can't remember a show where every single dog entered was there.....?
I'm not sure what this thread is about ......but I see the term "CHEAP
CHAMPION" on the
bottom post. Most of ours are CHEAP CHAMPIONS.....<G> To me a "cheap
champion"
is a dog that finished in 4 to 6 weekends with all majors. Less time and
money spent in
weekends gone, driving, motels, handler fees and gas on our nice CHEAP
CHAMPION.
That being said........MANY Clubs work at building majors to make sure that
people will enter
because IF they develop a reputation for NOT being majors...... then people
quit bothering to
enter over time, as it is "expected" to NOT be a major....... and the Clubs
end up folding!!
Therefore....some members generously enter dogs that they might not to help
'build' majors.
Keeps the Club solvent and offers majors for exhibitors coming in. It
still isn't cheap...... <G>
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