[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Dogs in Review and more...
- From: tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: pmick@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:39:10 +0000
Try the ASCA National - Australian Shepherd Club of America! Three or four
Specialty shows - "PreShows" before the National at the same location, Agility,
herding, tracking, obedience, competitions for most versatile - dogs who
compete in ALL venues. In addition: All Breed herding, and All Breed agility
trials, educational seminars, meetings, etc. Active group of folks!! It will
be in Atlanta next fall at the Georgia International Horse Park in October -
stop by for a visit!!
--
Suzanne
www.tsalishepherds.com
Home of Ch Firedog, Ch Cookie, Ch Flair, BIS/BISS Ch Yancy, Ch Flash, and Lil'
Miss Dancer!! Website updated 11/04
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> If I can find my copy of DIR, I'm going to check how many Collie
> specialties there are...I have a good friend in Collies who shows at a
> lot of all breeds, but mostly at specialties, and it seems to me she's
> at them as often as there are GSD specialties.
> It is also interesting that our local Golden specialty club has a
> couple hundred dogs at its spring show, and often more than 40 in
> sweeps; our local Labrador club's spring specialty is usually larger
> than the Lab's parent club National; also this same club's fall
> specialty, which is called the "no frills" show, is also usually between
> 200-300 dogs.
> I saw that someone (Evan?) said there are more GSD-only judges than
> any other breed, and I wonder also if that is true...it seems to me that
> there are a lot of people who only do Collies. And quite a few who only
> do Labs, if it comes to that. Of course, one of the reasons a lot of
> judges go on to do other breeds is so they can judge more often. Every
> judge has breeds that are their favorites to judge, and some they don't
> mind not judging, but they enjoy the judging itself, so they do more
> breeds than just one.
> There are stupid judges who don't know much in every breed, and in
> both arenas (all breed and specialty), and there are crooks in both
> arenas, too.
> The reason entries are down in all venues is because there are
> too many shows...plain and simple. On any given weekend you can pick
> your poison here in the east...from a specialty (sure to be one within
> driving distance if you really want a specialty) to an all-breed show,
> often one with a breeder-judge officiating, or at least a judge who
> understands and likes Shepherds.
> For anyone to say that all specialty judges are wonderful and all
> all-breed judges are bad is ridiculous...and to say that every specialty
> is great and every all breed show is awful is just as ridiculous.
> Time was when we had large entries at our specialties here -- those
> days are pretty much gone. Is the judging worse? No.
> Are the dogs better? Matter of opinion. But when you know weeks
> before who's taking the points at the next specialty, why bother
> entering? All too often, "everybody" knows way ahead of time who's
> probably going to win...sometimes there's no doubt. Maybe that's why
> entries are down.
> And don't come on all Pollyanna-ish and say it isn't so. If you've
> had your brain in gear for any length of time, you know it's true. From
> the largest specialty show to the littlest, newest one, the rumours
> fly...and sometimes, the rumours are true. That's enough to discourage
> people.
> Every judge can make a mistake...some seem to do nothing else, and
> others make one and agonize over that mistake for weeks. But the crooks
> seem to sail on through, smiling and charming enough people to keep
> getting assignments. Just look around next time and see who didn't
> enter...and ask yourself why.
> Peggy
> >
> >
>
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