Kathy, the east is the not the one with the 7 dog futurities. In fact the whole midwest and east coast always have the biggest futurities, so why would you drop these. I have one futurity close to home this year, but the next closest futurity is almost 11 hours away. I don't think any futurities should be dropped. but if they are it should be putting the smallest entries together into one region. Ann www.edangsd,com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Tank" <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> To: caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:00:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities Cyndi, You are 100% correct. If we drop a region, esp in the western states, it will only make a bad situation , worse. If there is truly some move to drop a region, it needs to be in the east, where one can easily cross three states in the time it takes to travel the length of one in the West. (no hate mail from the East, please) The simple fact is there are many more clubs withing reasonable distance in the eastern regions, than out west. Kathy Tank http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com ~or~ http://www.germanshepherdssocal.com PUP-DATED: MAY 6, 2009 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Cyndi Flautt <caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As another breeder with a small operation, I don't fly my dogs to > futurities > either....So will being to enter all of them really change what I do? Not > that much....Only if there is another judge who might like my dog that is > within driving distance. > > If they decrease the number of regions, the chance of having one within > driving distance will decrease also. (duh!) > > Cyndi Flautt > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: terraf [mailto:Terraf@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:55 PM > To: caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx; Showgsd-l > Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Futurities > > We attend one futurity a year and we NEVER fly. > We are a small operation. > Terra Fairburn & Nanc Kinley > Keggi Fair German Shepherds > www.keggifair.com (UPDATED) > members of the GSDC of Quad Cities & GSDCA > www.gsdcqc.com > > > > How many of you routinely go to 2 or more futurities a year?(Not > > handlers)........How many routinely fly to exhibit? > > > > Cyndi Flautt > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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