I dont know who started the phase you have to pay your dues?????If you do intelligent buying or breeding you should do fine..Living in Miami with no top breeders then I bought a linebred Grafmar bitch from a decent breeder..Amber won a few firsts she was not a star ..We on our first breeding bred to Grand Victor Red Rocks Gino..This was a line breeding on Grafmar..3 frm that litter had major points and a Best in Obedience..Ambers Black Jack.Our second bitch finished Champion Hessians Dark Amber who when bred to Ch Bernd V Kallengarten produced 2 Champions Dan Dwier had bought,,My 3rd bitch a german import won the 59 open bitch class at the National,Champion Perle V Romerblut Sch11 Bill Goldbecker bought her daughter Ch. Perle V Beckgold..SOOOO it doesnt take being a rocket scientist just a little knowlege..I did theFIRST in breeding on the F-boys arbywood and the rest is history..A line of solid animals ..To bred good ones is the Best..Anyone can buy for a price a show dog bu t to breed is the ultimate/Barbara Amidon www.amber-german-shepherds.com -----Original Message----- From: Maureen Murkland Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:05 PM To: sally@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: For the New People tot he breed Kay, For years......almost 20 now, I have heard the term you have to pay your dues. We finished our first out of our 2nd litter! Are we the norm? Probably not.......had we paid our dues? We think we did...............and many were telling us........it isn't FAIR.........you didn't pay your dues. We have sure had many pitfalls since........but the GSD Gods have always smiled on us. Winning the 2005 Hero Dog with my Jerry Lee.........to me was way more awesome than the first Ch. Mo ". It's a long involved > process....and you > "pay your dues" as the saying goes......it involves "the perfect litter by > pedigree" that turns out > being the mess of the century.....the gorgeous pup, with so much promise, > that dies suddenly..... > the feeling of finishing your first champion.....your first Group One, > Best > in Show, or Select.... > staying up all night whelping a litter........finding out your Top Ranked > bitch has breast cancer.....etc. > > ---Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================