[ SHOWGSD-L ] Cooked and done
- From: Sally Hayden <sallyhayden5@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx" <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 07:22:22 -0600
Well Cathy you lasted longer then I did. I am cooked and done and have been for
awhile. I saw this coming a while back and said not for me .
This all looks like desperation on the part of the PC. Hear there were a lot
more who did Not
renew membership club is smaller then ever. . So what is going to happen
committees are formed to change the standard to encourage more people to join.
Not improve the club to gain more membership. Which IMO is where the problem
lies
So sad
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Sally
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On Jan 27, 2013, at 7:02 AM, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Snort...I have been asking this for more than a year now and no one can
> come up with a sound/acceptable answer.
>
> We allow dogs w/ DQ's (and in fact they don't even need to be
> "registered"), to compete for our highest performance awards at our premier
> celebration
> of our breed AND we were the FIRST AKC breed to have a fault class at our
> National...guess this gives new meaning to "we're number one huh?".
>
> I am absolutely sick of it and beyond caring. Oh I'll still breed lovely
> dogs and compete with those that are deserving. But for all of the drama,
> excuse making and devaluing of our breed standard, put a fork in me, I'm
> done.
>
> Oh, and for anyone thinking that is an elitist opinion...maybe it is.
> Wouldn't hurt my feelings. I learned from a young age that my very best was
> expected of me. I was expected to have high standards. It has served me
> well.
>
> Today, everybody gets a prize, everybody gets a ribbon, everybody gets an
> 'atta girl, just for being present.
>
> You know what that breeds...mediocrity. It devalues success.
>
> And, BTW, how is all of this "inclusion" working?
>
> Are we attracting competitors who really want to learn, see a "good one",
> get the goose bumps and are hell bent on trying to achieve the same success
> in their own breeding program, even if it takes generations?
>
> Or are we attracting those who snipe ringside "my dog got beat by a bunch
> of nothing" or "the same handler always wins" or "you have to know the
> judge" excuse makers?
>
> And pu-lease. We HAVE a standard. We HAVE a road map. Yes, everybody
> starts somewhere, but if a person can read, can watch a video, has eyes in
> their head, the road map to success is all there....it's just not rocket
> science. If someone wants to color outside the lines, fine. God bless.
> They
> should enjoy the hell out of their dogs, that's what they are there for.
> But then they shouldn't look for exceptions, special classes and the rules
> of
> the game or the breed standard to be changed to suit them.
>
> Then we have the folks who don't participate but boy-oh-boy can they stand
> outside of the ring and fault judge. This dog is long, that dog has a
> light eye...but they NEVER have skin in the game. Newsflash...there has
> never
> been a perfect dog. To those who want to point out everything that is
> wrong without having skin in the game...you don't sound knowledgeable. You
> sound scared to try to breed a good one. Easier to criticize than to
> DO...'eh?
>
>
> Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
> Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
> visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/)
>
>
> In a message dated 1/26/2013 10:58:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Why not strive for the higher standard of excellence that celebrates the
> Breed
> according to their Standard....and to do that we should be willing to
> actually
> COMPETE against other dogs and judged according to our Breed Standard.
>
>
>
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