[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Goodbye my friend and mentor--Jack Budd
- From: "robert dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 22:58:20 -0500
Sheila,
Wow! How wonderfully said--brings the big tears. How wonderdul that Snake
has finished and Willow her ROM---I loved her! As Esther Ferrall said in
TN--we are sure hugging alot these days because we never know. She is so
right. The same thing happened in St Louis this weekend. Keep hugging
folks. We really are a great family. Sandi card
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From: "Lindenhill" <lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 2:01 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Goodbye my friend and mentor--Jack Budd
> Hello list,
>
> Hope this finds you in fine health and taking good care of your dogs. I
> inherited a 14-month old puppy bitch a few weeks ago from Jack Budd. She
is
> an inbred Hayabusa bitch, cute as a bug's ear, with a labrador retreiver
> personality. I named her Jack's Bud and call her Rose. She is a product of
a
> very creative pedigree. Although, on paper, Jack is not the breeder, his
> work of 30-plus years and his willingness to mentor me during our past
five
> years of friendship produced her. She is not a show bitch. She is a
stepping
> stone for Lindenhill. The students of our breed could best memorilize Jack
> Budd, now that he is gone, is to study his life's work in dogs. A student
of
> the breed--someone who truly considers each breeding an incremental step
> forward for the breed--does not rely on titles, rumors, political moves,
> stud fees and puppy sales when considering what to do with their bitches.
> The student of the breed listens to the true breeders, they do their
> homework, and they take responsibility for every generation they put on
the
> ground. In Jack's life (like so many of the most influential American
> breeders of the past 50 year's or so) the producers come in waves. They
> crest and recede, crest and recede. When we study the futurity/maturity
> tabulations, the ROMs, the Thirteen Club, we will see more commenality
than
> differences. In the student's mind's eye, we see the "perfect" German
> Shepherd Dog--but this "perfect" dog is not of our doing and we should not
> take the glory for any "superstar" that may come our way, but give it to
the
> breeders who have come before us. We would not be here at all if it were
not
> for the kennels that came before us. We find several of these breeders now
> seriously ill. We have lost several in the past five years. They have left
> us all a legacy. It makes my heart sick when I hear outright lies, rumors,
> and innuendo regarding dogs of the past and dogs of the present. It makes
me
> frightened that some breeders are making their breeding decisions on
titles,
> the "now" dog, the political right thing and rumor.
> I will miss Jack so much. He was a great friend and mentor. Mike and I
were
> blessed to have his ear. I am thrilled to hear Snake finished yesterday,
and
> more important, that his championship gave Willow her ROM. I find it
kismet
> that our friend, Bo Vujovich, finished him. We are so lucky to still have
> mentors to continue helping Lindenhill with their wisdom. We so appreciate
> people like David and Martha Rinke, Paul Johnson, Bob Eaton, Joan and Fran
> Ford, Tom and Kathy Sherman, Mr. and Mrs.Williamson, Kent Boyles, Ken and
> Patty Downing, the Kish's, Danny Dwier, Joan Fox, Barbara Amidon and Mr.
> Barrit--among others--and of course, Jack Budd. We consider these folks
the
> Mount Rushmore of German Shepherds. We are blessed that some of these
folks
> have become our friends, while others do not even know how they have
> influenced us with their wisdom and experience. We would not achieved GVX
> Lily and 3X select Han without them. So list, before you throw a baby out
> with the bathwater or are tempted to engage in smashing the past, pull out
> your pedigrees and study not only the dogs in it, but their siblings, and
> aunts and uncles who do not appear on the pedigree. If you do not have
> redbooks and blue books with notes all over them stewn about the bathroom
> floor, if you are not watching tape after tape of dogs, watching puppies
and
> dogs in other backyards and shows, and are not introducing yourself to
these
> people while they are still here to guide us--you are shortchanging the
> breed and yourself. There is no finish line in dogs, like there is to our
> lives. There is only the journey toward toward the dog in our minds' eye.
> The best to you all,
> Sheila Metz at Lindenhill
>
>
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