GRASS WOULD MAKE ME VERY HAPPY111 GLAD IT IS NOT JUST ME. THANKS
On Aug 9, 2016, at 4:08 PM, myjoygs <myjoygs@xxxxxxx> wrote:
not just you Celeste I feel exactly the same way. If we are stuck at Purina,
then give us grass so our beautiful floating dogs can strut their stuff!!!!
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On Aug 7, 2016 12:03 PM, Celeste <cherpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pat and I will attend nationals until we are not able. Aside from the extra
time and money commitment traveling long distances, my heart longs for a
national on grass. Purina, to me, is like a glorified all breed show. Showing
our beautiful animals on anything other than grass is hard on my eyes. Maybe
it's just me
Celeste
On Aug 7, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Evan, you wrote the following about not having two weeks to go to the
National? Not getting the two weeks unless you were going to walk.
When I was active in showing and living in Minnesota, I drove to the
Atlanta, Houston, and Burbank Nationals. All were a two day drive, one way.
I endorsed the concept of rotating from west to central to east. That
means you probably had one show that was local or a day away, a show 2 days
drive away, and a show that was 4 days drive you might skip or fly to. The
people on the coasts would have it worse with that third year, but those in
the central US would be within a 2 day drive for all locations.
As an aside, take a look at where the Atlanta and Burbank shows were held,
with Atlanta being worse as the building didn't have walls and it rained and
it was muddy. I don't know how we were able to afford the Astrodome and to
me, that was excessive. The show site should have a cap on it as a
percentage of revenue.
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I had decided when the show was in St. Louis, I would attend, support the
board, but never show at a National again. You can't fly a dog into St.
Louis, and it is too far for me to drive when I can't take off two weeks
from work.
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Lew Wurdeman
Mordor German Shepherds
www.mordorgermanshepherds.com <http://www.mordorgermanshepherds.com/>
Breeding German Shepherd Dogs
since 1973
