[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurity/Maturity Entries
- From: Ruth Scheubler <rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx, DaList <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:44:44 -0700 (PDT)
The point is, Mike, that out here CONFORMATION cannot stand on it's own any
longer. Park rental, insurance, flying in judges, mailing entries, AKC fees
(have you noticed how they went up?) and all the rest keep going up and up and
we cannot just keep raising the entry fees. We have it as our policy to hold
the line on the entry fees if at all posible.
You live in an area with more conformation exhibitors. Out here the
exhibitors are very limited. We used to draw exhibitors from California, but
they set up shows on the same weekends and are building majors at home. It is a
10 hour drive to the SF Bay area - the cost to drive up and back now is at
least $300 plus hotel. They stay home for hte most part. And I don't blame them
- I would think long and hard about another long road trip.
If we could make the shows more novice handler friendly, we might interest
more newbies. But that is not going to happen as we get all excited about the
flashy, racing dogs instead of the smooth, fluid, effortless dogs. We love
speed. It is not going to happen as the entire show game has become more and
more professional - the average Joe cannot afford the expensive ads in the
multiple magazines, the endless travel, the handlers, the photographers, the ad
agencies --- so they go play elsewhere. Too bad - this should be a wonderful
activity for the whole family.
We are maintaining our entry fees at $24/$14 with Jr handling free. That
means if the conformation show was to pay its own way, it would have to come up
with 110 conformation entries to cover basic costs - two shows on one day at
least combines the park rental and insurance costs for both shows. Two shows on
one day will come closer to covering the conformation costs. I can tell you
that there are not 50+ local conformation exhibits. So we do a lot of other
things to pay for conformation.
This club committed a lot of money to make our conformation shows worthwhile.
We could just join with an all-breed and make their GSD classes our specialty
and it would allow us to meet the AKC requirements of holding a breed event. We
don't want to do that. So we looked for GSDs in other venues and said - come
and join us. We are creating educational programs that will assist those not
used to thinking about conformation to learn about correct structure and how it
can help them in their endeavors. And they teach us the importance of a sound,
balanced dog in the performance field.
It is a win-win situation.
Ruth
Lindenhill German Shepherds <Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
But it shouldn't be, that is the point. Conformation should stand on its
own, like it did for mamy years, supporting the obedience entries. And what
if those other clubs, choose to hold their shows on YOUR weekend(assuming
they are more then 200 miles away) with both obedience and conformation.
YOU CAN'T STOP THEM
----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Scheubler
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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Futurity/Maturity Entries
That's right - it is the all-breed performance events that are supporting
the conformation show and are making it possible for us to have our 100th
show celebration with $1300 in prize money. It has also brought new blood
and workers into the club. We hold all-breed Obedience, Rally, Agility and
Herding trials. We are also teaching some die-hard conformation folks some
new tricks --- we may be getting older, but not to old to try something
new!!
We now have 6 specialty shows in Washington/Oregon in about 6 weeks. 1 month
later we have two more. I do not expect people from all over to fly in for
our weekend (although they will miss a great show if they don't) and we are
happy keeping it local. We want to enjoy ourselves, enjoy our dogs and have
a good time. If that appeals to you, come and join us.
We are perfectly willing to allow the other clubs to host the futurities as
we will not give up our Memorial Day weekend because we can't get the park
any other time. There are lots of factors that go into selecting show dates
and things like venue availability are quite important.
Ruth
www.gsdcoregon.com
Terry Cochran wrote:
What is it that you think the PC can do to get the clubs to move their show
dates? I can tell you when faced with a change of show dates to accommodate
the Futurity Maturity dates the Oregon club voted not to host the Futurity
Maturity any longer. We now host an agility trial the weekend following our
shows and make enough money to provide our membership with an opportunity to
participate in other venues without worrying about the finances.
The clubs that are making it are the clubs that support performance. I doubt
that any club will survive on conformation alone.
Terry
.DOGSRLUV@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 3/21/2008 7:32:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The parent club NEEDS to get involved in separating the shows within each
region and perhaps extending the futurity season as well to help alleviate
the stress of all those shows in such a small window of time.
Oh well, back to the lurking room
Mike, I absolutely agree, here in California March and April are Hell months
especially April....It is near impossible to get to all of the shows and
were they to be spread out it could happen. So many clubs have moved into
April
now my cost for Entries alone are just at $1000 this flurry of shows (yes, I
am showing more than 1, or 2 or 3...LOL) . Not everyone can afford this,
really I can't but am finding the way.. Add to that the expenses of getting
there and handling fees ect... if I did not have someone that would work
with me
on this I just could not do it.....
Having 4 shows in 2 days is not really the issue, the issue is that those
clubs chose to move into an already busy month which is sad cause it can and
will effect the clubs that do not want to or just can not do the same 4
shows in
a weekend......
Deb
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