OK, while I am waiting for a project to finish, I am going to give this a "stab" Annually the world of GSD have, put on by the SV-- the dog club in Germany---the SiegerShow --this is a world conformation event held in Germany, HOWEVER in order to enter the dog must have training. They are tested again during this event and if they fail to pass the performance "stuff" they cannot compete in the Conformation show. So -- the Sieger and Siegerin (equivalent to our GV GVX except this is a world event and ours is a national event and does not have the perforamnce) are the top dogs in this multi day, multi trial event. The corresponding WDA event is the North American Sieger Show. NASS. This is a conformation event but it is run like the Sieger Show in that --if you dont pass the performance events--tracking, obedience and protection-- you get nada --that is the end of the road--try again next year. The North American Sieger and the North American Siegerin are "hot stuff" like GV -GVX The WUSV --the World Union for German Shepherd -- all the clubs that belong to the WUSV-- one of them is hosting the World Trial in a given year. This year it is in Spain. The teams (4 dogs and their handlers and an alternate and the team captain) representing the countries that have entered this event come to the World Trial and the dogs compete. They get individual scores and team scores. It is a Team Deal in the end but the individuals do also get some recognition. It is a really big deal to do well and place in the top --say 6-- Before that event --all of the participating clubs have their own events. The WDA --each year puts on the "Qualifying Trial" all of the top dogs who want to be on the United States of America Team -- have to compete in the Trial. This is a performance event--Tracking, Obedience and Protection. The top dogs make the team. AND There is more to this but --- "cutting to the chase" Back in --I think 2004 -- I think that because I was, as President, I was in attendance at the WUSV meeting following the Sieger Show where we extended the invitation to the WUSV members to come to America for the WUSV World Trial in 2013 because it was the GSDCA Centennial Year. They accepted our invitation. We did that back then because we thought that we needed to get a bid in before someone else offered to do it that particular year--the GSDCA Centennial Year. So that is what this is -- The WUSV World Trial -- held during our Centennial Year-- in conjunction with our Centennial Year National and a what is going to be a spectacular Centennial Celebration (this thanks to Nancy Harper Mulvaney's coordination of events) So, from all over the world, WUSV members will be sending teams to compete in a World Performance Event hosted by the GSDCA. There is so much to be done --we need your support - that would mean a lot!! - we are still making lists of things that need to be thought of --much less knowing what action had been done and what to communicate to whom the other WUSV club in America did hold a world trial-- the show does rotate--I think it will also be in South America sometime soon -- cant keep track of it all I probably left some stuff out and I will no doubt hear about it but for this hour of the night --I done the best i could:-) Ginny Altman, the wRec Sec and not reporting officially as anything other than me In a message dated 8/24/2010 8:57:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: From: "Bob Grady" <bobgrady@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Ask, for all the good it does Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:54:51 -0700 AS usual, Molly, and Helen are on top of things. These are totally different shows. Bob ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================