If we are stuck at Purina Farms, then wouldn't it be great if we could on the
grass!
CandyZ
From: "Celeste & Draper" <cherpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "S howlist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2016 10:03:36 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Each to his own
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 > 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.
BQ_BEGIN
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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Mordor German Shepherds
www.mordorgermanshepherds.com
Breeding German Shepherd Dogs
since 1973
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