[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Comments from a Newbie
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dlauffer@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:34:33 -0500
Hi Dee: Great post. Congratulations on speaking your mind, but in a=20
respectful way. Keep on doing what you are doing. You got your values=20
in the right place. Continued success to you. Barbara Galasso
dlauffer@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>I find all this talk about All Breed vs Specialty interesting. I have o=
nly been in this sport for 2 1/2 years and last summer finished our first=
Champion. What we were taught is that there are all breed dogs and spec=
ialty dogs. The difference between the two is how extreme they were. Th=
at's it. Not that they were better dogs, but how extreme in angulation. =
We were also taught that in order to win in a specialty ring we had to h=
ave a well known GSD handler. We were warned from day one about the poli=
tics regarding judges and handlers. This information was heard not from =
one person, but just about everyone we have talked to. I personally know=
someone who bought a 'specialty puppy' from a breeder who co-owns and th=
is person CAN NOT show in an all breed ring, per the breeders contract. =
I have been told that it is more prestigious to finish from the specialty=
ring. I wonder about that. The CH in front of my boys name doesn't ind=
icate which ring it came from.
>
>I have sat ring side at both all breed and specialty and overheard conve=
rsations between judges and handlers. I've overheard conversation of jud=
ges on their cell phones after a show. These conversations would embarra=
ss them if known. All you folks who claim only good judges and good dogs=
are at specialty shows and politics doesn't play a part are either lying=
or blind.
>
>We participate in both all breed and specialty. The best we did in spec=
ialty was Reserve and BOS. Which in my book is pretty good, seeing as we=
don't have an overly angulated dog. Along the way, I decided that I need=
to learn the standard, inside and out. That is the dog I want to strive=
for. The dog that best meets the standard, not the look that is most po=
pular right now. I want the dog that has a title at both ends. One that=
can compete in the conformation ring, but is built correctly and can per=
form the way they are supposed to.
>
>The day that means the most to me is not the day my boy finished. It's =
the day that he placed Group 3 (yes an all breed show) under a well respe=
cted GSD judge with a handler that is not a well known handler, AND he ha=
dn't finished yet, he had gone BOB over specials. THAT was a great day!!=
>Dee Lauffer
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ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY
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