Adding Wyoming to the Best in the West list :0) Thanks for the reminder, Terry Carol Hunsaker <CHUNSA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: You forgot Wyoming... >>> Terry Cochran <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> 4/13/2005 11:44 AM >>> Could a winner from one regional compete in another if they chose to travel?? In other words could you have the same dog going GV or select in more than one region.?? I do like th idea of huge regional shows. I don't know if the membership is ready to give up their one big show. Some say there are too many Specialty shows and that is why they no longer hold for majors in some areas. That could be true. In Oregon there are 55 members in our regional club, There are only 3 specialty shows in Oregon per year and they hold for majors. People on the west coast seem to be more comfortable with traveling.we will support a show held in the east more that the people for the east coast traveling west. I have no idea why that is. I HAVE AN IDEA :0) We hold 3 regional national shows. Each chooses a GV and GVX with 10 selects. THE REGION WITH THE HIGHEST ENTRY WINS and the GV and the GVX from that region is the national GV GVX. It would have to be most dogs defeated in the ring not just entered in the show. Each regional club would be asked to donate money to help sponser the shows. they could hold fun matches and agility trials and herding events. Breeders could donate the profits from 1 puppy sale to the cause. We could ask our WDA friends to hold training seminars and educate those who would like to know about their sport. We could join together as a group and hussle sponsers from our local areas This is sounding like fun already. We could get together and work and play. We could be on to something here :0) Terry who is betting that Oregon Washington California, Utah Arizona Nevada Idaho Montana Colorado would give them a run for there money 0) Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Just a thought:........ I could be WAY OFF HERE.....................because entries are lower at the Nationals, because air travel is more expensive, gas prices are ever rising, people complaining about where the National is held every year, (some want it on the West Coast, some the East, and others Central)..............here goes, going to give it a shot...........has anyone ever considered having three........yes, you heard that right..........having three National shows? We can crown a West Coast Victor/Victrix, East Coast Victor/Victrix, and a Central Victor/Victrix....and the selects from those areas. It would be something like our furturities that are regionally held. I bet you'd get a heck of alot more entries. I think alot more dogs would be show cased. I think more stud dogs would be used for peoples breeding programs. Before everyone says, "oh no, it can't be done"......think about it. It could, and I think entries would be way higher and it would be more profitable for all concerned........the Parent Club, the stud dog owners and the breeders, plus more spectators. More stud dogs that people haven't considered using before, might now be considered because some are not shown because of the distance involved getting to the National. More people would get a chance to show their dogs that, perhaps couldn't before. I know I'm more apt to go to a National on my side of the country than I am all the way on the other side of the country. Times are changing, and when we are seeing things that have been done in the past that was tremendously successful, quickly dwindling away, then sometimes change is good when it can benefit our beloved breed and the people who devote their lives to them. Just me rambling away like usual, Barbara Galasso Notice. forwarding of any information that appears on the German Shepherd 4 Show list is not allowed. 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