I feel if a stupid remark from a not so knowlegeable Judge could make one new person quit then they did not have what it takes to begin with..I am sure this newbie had friends what about the BREEDER???She most have had some idea about the quality of her animal why else would she be showing it.??If after a few shows the animal does poorly than I would start rethinking about her show career..If she is serious she would then go find a top quality animal..I am so sick of hearing about the poor newbies dont they belong to breed clubs know good breeders read???or is it a pity party..If one is serious nothing would stop them from their goals..Most of my friends and myself started not knowing alot but we joined clubs as new people we questioned good breeders we studied we went to shows no one could have stopped our dreams of having a good one including one persons opinion..Barbara Amidon www.amber-german-shepherds.com -----Original Message----- From: GSD0110@xxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:16 PM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Fwd: Re: Why newbies are quitting... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================