WOW is right! The end of "Dog World!" Mirror's what is happening ringside. The end of a magazine after 96 years, entries down to nothing, championships by defeating 8 dogs, the dog world has severly declined in every way. It is NOT nearly as competitive as it was. How can you compare an Open class of 25 and a show of 100 and say today it is the same, IT'S NOT! Today's dogs are NOT better, don't be fooled. We have some good ones now, we had good ones then. We have lesser quality dogs finishing now, due to less competition. Dogs are not able to travel to shows like they did in days past so competition is restricted even more. Competition creates a better end product, dog or otherwise. It's common sense. Helen Franklin -----Original Message----- From: Michael Goodwin <k9krazz@xxxxxxxxx> To: DA LIST <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 4:31 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] FYI: End of an era. In todays mail I received a postcard from "DOG WORLD" stating due to increasing printing and postal costs the September 2012 issue willbe the final issue published after 96 years. WOW!!� My remaining subscription will be transfered to "DOG FANCY". Mike Home of Sel. Exc. CH. Signature's Cooper V. Knaufhill HT & Cooper's CH pointed daughter Cantar-Stone Rydge Lil Kim. ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================