[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [Germanshepherds4Show] RE: Are we having fun yet?
- From: " Maureen Murkland" <murk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:05:59 -0600
Christine,
There are those smaller breeders that are just as fierce competitors! We
have just as much blood, sweat, and tears goes into training and
conditioning our dogs. Nationals ARE my vacation.....if I get to go. Thank
GOD I went this year and we have a Select! He may be my first, and hopefully
not my last! There STILL is not a reason in this world for even the BIG
Breeders not to be good losers.....you can't win them all! Believe me, we
smaller Breeders have to be a tad MORE driven to make up the difference for
not being a BIG Breeder. If I don't win..I sure PRAY one of my friends
do....and I can rejoice in their wins! Mo
> Nearly all the breeders I know that have had top winning dogs are fierce
> competitors and take the exhibiting of dogs very seriously and they are
> not
> usually good losers. Too much blood, sweat and tears goes into how their
> dogs are trained, conditioned, groomed for the ring, along with the
> effort
> that goes on behind the scenes such as feeding, nails, teeth, cleaning,
> socialization and the rest of the daily grind. After all you don't
> orchestrate your vacation days around Nationals and futurities, or give up
> holidays and family events to go to shows, whelp litters or breed bitches
> unless you consider the sport of showing dogs and the art of breeding
> great
> dogs important. Most breeders/exhibitors take a great deal of pride in
> presenting their animals and work very hard doing so. When you work that
> hard, spend that kind of money and invest your heart and soul in your
> breeding program, you tend to be of a more "driven" personality that wants
> to win and are not happy when you don't. With that said, we have been
> beaten by lesser dogs, we have won with lesser dogs, we have been beat by
> better dogs and won with the best dog. I don't think I have ever heard an
> Olympic competitor say " I have devoted all this time, training, money and
> effort into my sport, so that could participate in the Olympics for fun"
> if
> they had that mind set, they probably would not be an Olympic competitor!
> Christine
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