[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: HUH? - WHO ARE WE?
- From: "Mike Crowson" <ruready8336@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lollark@xxxxxxx>, <DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:00:53 -0500
boohoo... boohoo
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From: <lollark@xxxxxxx>
To: <DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: HUH? - WHO ARE WE?
> Since my intents have been misconstrued as "promoting division" I'll bow
out of any attempt at discussion.
> Karen
> -------------- Original message from DaniaKarloff@xxxxxxx: --------------
>
>
> > _Lollark@xxxxxxxx (mailto:Lollark@xxxxxxx) writes:
> > Who are we (GSDCA) really? Sounds to me like a different definition or
> > understanding or vision of what a breed club SHOULD be.........
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> >
> > Karen,
> > It is indeed disturbing and upsetting that we are spending so much time
> > discussing what should be a "given". We have BSL trying to forbid us to
own
> > certain breed of dogs; we have PETA like organizations working furiously
to do
> > away with any breeding/competition of dogs; we have ignorant vets that
malign
> > our breed.... and here we are, arguing whether we should be a
conformation
> > club or a performance club.
> > We are a German Shepherd Dog Club - "The German Shepherd Dog Club of
> > America. And our club supports all venues of the sport of dogs. A few
years
> > ago
> > when when bad publicity about biting dogs pushed AKC to forbid "bite
work" in
> > any AKC sponsored event, our club found ways to continue to support all
> > aspects of the GSD by forming WDA. Today we are one of the primary breed
clubs
> > sponsoring the creation of the AKC??Ts "working dog" competition. Our
National
> > Specialty has been offering Schutzhund demonstrations for several years.
We
> > are bringing rally to the National this year. We sponsor herding trials
and
> > agility competition. Our regional club challenge awards gives points
equally
> > for conformation, obedience, herding, Schutzhund, etc. There are GSDCA
> > awards for practically any venue of interest. How can anyone say that we
are
> > strictly a conformation club?
> > We have a wonderful versatile breed - the German Shepherd Dog is so
> > multipurpose that we can compete in any venue. We have people that like
to do
> > herding, some do Schutzhund, others like rally and many like
conformation. In
> > the
> > past, our club was mostly supported by the conformation people.
> > Traditionally, obedience people of different breeds formed ??otraining
clubs???
> > where they
> > enjoyed their sport. But with the changing of times and perhaps because
of
> > BSL, we (GSD people with different interest) are banding together. This
is
> > good ??" this is positive ??" we need to embrace this change. With so
many
> > forces trying to do away with our areas of interest, we must ??oband???
> > together if
> > we are to survive. Please do not promote division, be more accepting of
> > others??T
> > interest and remember that we are here, together, because of our
wonderful,
> > intelligent dogs.
> > PROMOTE YOUR BREED ??" PROMOTE YOUR CLUB
> > Dania Karloff
> > GSDCA Membership Chair
> >
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