In the pursuit of being "kumbaya" we disregard the true nature of the competitor.I had a discussion the other day with a gal I work with who told me her husband wanted a "Red Fox Labrador retriever." I listened politely and explained to her why each breed of dog has a standard and that each designer of each breed had a purpose in mind when the breed was created. Bottom line, to deviate so dramatically from the any breed standard that it is no longer recognized as that breed is in essence a slap in the face to the creator of a breed. Although my friend's husband will probably do as he wishes, I think she got what I was saying. Perhaps no one has noticed, but a few years ago the GSDCA as well as the AKC began lowering the standard bar to generate participation( and funds) in our sport. First it was the "Reserve system",then changing the entry time for futurity nominations to make it easier, then followed by the Amateur fut/mat, now any dog can be an obedience Victor even if it only vaguely resembles a GSD,and of course Akc is now awarding points to dogs who go reserve at 5 pt shows, plus mixed breeds can now compete in performance events. What some don't seem to realize is that the higher the standard bar is raised the better the quality of breeder, continue lowering the standard bar the poorer the quality breeder. Notice I didn't say dogs..I said "breeder" because the breeder is what creates the dog and if breeders become "poor quality" the dogs will follow in tow. C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndi Flautt" <caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx Cc: ELG440@xxxxxxx, "vicki roye" <vicki.roye@xxxxxxxxx>, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 2:42:30 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Freds post What/ who was the driving force behind the vote? I don't remember hearing anything about it until recently. Was a need for change discussed in the past and I just missed it? Seems like the motion/vote was out of the blue... or maybe I'm just out of the loop! (highly possible!) Cyndi. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx wrote: > Evan, no one is limiting them from AKC awards. Please re read our mission > statement. Awarding dogs w/ DQs ANY award of merit from a breed club that > is SUPPOSED to uphold and value the standard flies in the face of the > mission statement. > > Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC > Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions > visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) > > > In a message dated 3/14/2012 11:28:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: > > In a message dated 3/14/12 8:22:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > vicki.roye@xxxxxxxxx writes: > > Actually the Board said ANY dog regardless of DQ could win the Victor > titles. If we make the Board's ruling consistent with the Parade of > Greats than > any dog meeting the other criterias would be able to be presented in the > Parade of Greats. ILPs too?? > > > > I know I am known as a Flaming Liberal, but I see no reason that if a dog > wins the scores by doing the best work, he/she should not be recognized as > the winner, in all ways. > > If a top herding dog has a hanging ear, should we disqualify that dog from > > being recognized as our top herding dog? > > If a dog will not sit and stay, we don't say he can't be the Grand > Victor. > > > I know we want all dogs to meet all standards. But it is time to admit > that > performance is judged on performance. Conformation is judged on > conformation. It is great when a dog can win both, or a better way to say > it is, the > owners have time to compete in both, but our time limits exist. Some of > us > still have to work, and we choose the venue to show in. > > A top winning dog should not be judged on another standard, (not the GSD > standard, but the standard of the competition). > > I sure appreciate Vicki's positions, but I don't understand why we, the > conformation exhibitor wants to limit the obedience people? If we decide > to > do that, then let's stop allowing dog to enter that won't qualify to win. > > And, it Fred, not Feed! I changed the heading to reflect that. But then > again, I am very obedient in all things. > > > Evan Ginsburg > Asgard German Shepherds > http://www.asgardgsd.com/ > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the > original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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