WOW WOW !! That is EXCITING !!! Is a WONDERFUL idea !! Cheri In a message dated 8/1/2013 5:02:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gstiefferm@xxxxxxx writes: Both reserves at this years National will receive 3 pt mjrs as long as we meet the entry, which I have no doubt we will. Gail S. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2013, at 3:22 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 > gsyrfund.com > Asgard German Shepherds > _http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > > 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. > > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. 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