[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs
- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wilkersonem@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:18:54 -0800
I'm really sorry to hear that the Clubs are held to including a 'mandatory'
amateur futurity!
Anytime you make something like that "mandatory".......it moves someone out of
the
picture to participate.
Things may change......but our Club made the decision they would not host a
Futurity
if they have to incorporate an Amateur Futurity / Maturity into the program.
I might add that It doesn't seem right to make mandatory a "special" (amateur
) Futurity
for those who say they 'don't want to' or 'can't' compete with professional
handlers......and
then STILL.... they can also enter the regular Futurity ALSO ....and compete
with the group
they say they NEED the amateur Futurity for.... so they won't have to compete
against.....with
the same dog they don't want to compete in the Regular Futurity with......and
need the amateur
Futurity FOR...??
Makes me dizzy just to read it.....let alone understand the logic behind it!!!
<G>
It STILL seems so much more simple to me to JUST INSERT A CLASS into the
regular
Futurity and the regular Maturity for amateur's and no professional
handlers....
and call it a day. No age restriction....just a class for dogs and a class
for bitches in the
Futurity and one in the Maturity. They still come into winners and compete
for the big prize!
Now .....we have really LONG days at the futurity.....before the actual
Futurity even starts!
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Elizabeth Wilkerson Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] FW: Re: Futurities and
Amateurs
This was posted on the GSD site. YEAH
The Amateur Futurity/Maturity will become mandatory for each region in 2013.
(Board approved July 2010)
Elizabeth
> From: nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> That is why they need to be in an Amateur event so they don't have to>
compete with such
experienced handlers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> On Behalf Of Stormy Hope> Sent: > To: rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: DaList
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities
>
> In 2003, I wanted all of my pup buyers with "showable" dogs to enter > that
year's futurity.
I had been going to matches with them, meeting > them at times to help them
get the
rudiments of showing dogs. I > thought it would be "fun!" to have as much of
the litter as
I could > gather in one futurity.
>
> I had entered (with handlers) the previous litter and it was soooo > much
fun. First Litter,
first Futurity, first WOOD! (all three > entered got good placements in
decent sized classes).
>
> Boy, did I learn the difference. I felt so bad for the pup buyers. > One of
them never entered
another show. Another soon dropped out. It > was not for novices, for sure.>
> Stormy Hope > bowed but not beaten:-)
>
>
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Ruth Scheubler wrote:>
> > I have a basic problem with the futurity system - I loved the original> >
futurities where
you would have entire litters shown within the > > region they were> > born
in. You could
see what the different local breeders were > > producing with the> > various
dogs available
loclly and an occasional litter produced by > > flying a> > bitch to some big
name dog
elsewhere. You got to compare regions. > > There were> > large classes,
novice handlers
(heck, anyone at ringside could be > > handed a lead
> > and went in) and it could help a breeder.
>
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