[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs
- From: joanne conboy <fellswayshepherds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Scharo777@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:41:51 -0800 (PST)
Very well said Carol!
Joanne Conboy
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From: "Scharo777@xxxxxxx" <Scharo777@xxxxxxx>
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, March 6, 2011 11:38:02 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs
I get it.
The Old guard does not like the Amateur.
You don't hear much from newcomers, so you.?
But since everyone is entitled to an opinion, at the urging of those who
have entered the amateur, I will state my opinion and then go back to work.
I have about 12 hours of "stuff" to do today for the Futurity System.
Actually to me, the Amateur is a vehicle to try to attract newcomers into
competition. They may have a good dog, but Want to show it themselves.
Maybe they have heard all the talk about politics (God Forbid)and don't want
to get involved.
When we started showing dogs back in the 70's, my husband wanted to show
our own dogs. It took a long while to get good enough, maybe 5 years. I
just wanted to hire a handler and win. Loosing sucks with a good dog. But
he persevered. HE personally finished our first champion and went on to
finish about 6 more. But...he learned he himself was not competitive in the
specialty ring. So there we had to hire handlers. Bob would LOVE to show
in the Amateur today - but as a judge he cannot.
My point being....our sport is dying. People today want to do activities
themselves. See the surge in performance events. The amateur is an
attempt to provide a venue for newcomers to participate and god forbid win.
But
with all the bad mouthing of it..all the complaints of it being a waste of
time...Why would they want to enter??? IF they win they are looked down on.
What ever happened to "Encourage, don't Discourage"
Carol Moore
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From: Scharo777@xxxxxxx
To: Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx
Sent: 3/6/2011 9:14:29 A.M. Central Standard Time
Subj: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurities and Amateurs
Actually to me, the Amateur is a vehicle to try to attract newcomers into
competition. They may have a good dog, but Want to show it themselves.
Maybe they have heard all the talk about politics (God Forbid)and don't want
to get involved.
When we started showing dogs back in the 70's, my husband wanted to show
our own dogs. It took a long while to get good enough, maybe 5 years. I
just wanted to hire a handler and win. Loosing sucks with a good dog. But
he persevered. HE personally finished our first champion and went on to
finish about 6 more. But...he learned he himself was not competitive in the
specialty ring. So there we had to hire handlers. Bob would LOVE to show
in the Amateur today - but as a judge he cannot.
My point being....our sport is dying. People today want to do activities
themselves. See the surge in performance events. The amateur is an
attempt to provide a venue for newcomers to participate and god forbid win.
But
with all the bad mouthing of it..all the complaints of it being a waste of
time...Why would they want to enter??? IF they win they are looked down on.
What ever happened to "Encourage, don't Discourage"
Carol Moore
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