[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Changes to AKC dog show rules

  • From: "Stormy V. Hope" <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ELG440@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 13:49:16 -0700

They tightened up the 4-6 month old pup's handler, too.  It can be a handler's 
pup, but has to be handled by an amateur.  Not the Handler's assistant.
There were some other interesting changes in obedience, etc.  

Storm


On Aug 1, 2013, at 1:22 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think I like that change.  Maybe I need to think about it  longer.  I 
> think the Reserve Winner's Dog at our National deserves points,  if the entry 
> is twice what is required for a 5 point major.
> 
> 
> 
> I remember one evening about midnight, I was having a discussion with John  
> DeHope.  He used to call to talk often late at night. Us old people often  
> are up most of the night. Just ask Tedi.
> 
> John and I didn't agree that there should be so many Select dogs and  
> bitches. I said those who didn't make it thought there should be more, and 
> noone  
> who did thought it was too many Selects. The only people who felt it was 
> too  many were those who did not enter.
> 
> Then John said he felt it was too easy to finish a dog. I said even with  
> small classes the quality was such, that the same number of dogs was 
> finishing  each year, and it was just as hard to get a champion as it used to 
> be.
> 
> John said to me that getting an ROM was too easy since you could do it with 
> one litter. I said no matter how you get it, it has meaning for those who 
> get  it, and says a lot about the producing abilities of the dam or sire.
> 
> It was silent for a minute and John said to me:  "The problem with you  
> Evan is that you think everyone should have a good time in showing dogs."
> 
> I have thought a lot about that conversation.  John was right. I think  
> everyone should have a good time showing dogs.
> 
> Not that there is anything wrong with that.
> 
> Evan L.  Ginsburg
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> In a message dated 8/1/13 1:06:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
> stormy435@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> This  rule change provides Parent Clubs the option to have Reserve Winners 
> Dog and  Reserve Winners Bitch awarded a 3-point major at the National 
> Specialty  provided the number of dogs competing in the regular classes of 
> the 
> Reserve  Winner's sex totals at least twice the number required for a 5-point 
> major, in  the region in which the event is  held.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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