In a message dated 1/18/2005 7:17:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, PamJB1@xxxxxxx writes: > But you forgot to say that in one CFA cat show weekend, you essentially > have > anywhere from 6 to 12 separate shows. Try and match one dog show cost to > that at 20 bucks per dog show. > Pam > ************************************************************** Technically, you are correct. It would almost be like us going from ring to ring with our same dog under several judges in a given day with being judged with our own breed, color groups, different breeds and whatever else can be thought of. Cats are judged on breeds, color, coat type, etc. If we were to take our dog to the judge judging, say terrriers after our shepherd ring, we could POTENTIALLY finish our dog in a weekend. That's CFA comparison. TICA is a bit different. It's easier to get a CFA championship and harder to go Grand, but harder to get a TICA championship and easier to go Grand. Since dog showing isn't like that, it will cost us more, overall, to finish our dogs, just by having to enter them in more places, wherever our hearts desire. Chris K "Do Right and Fear No One" --from the Stephanitz Family Crest ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================