[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: "He's no star"
- From: Sandra Kozub <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:09:39 -0500
I also find the data on how many breedings it took to produce enough Champions
to earn the ROM is extremely important. A male that was bred 30 times to
earn the designation is not
as impressive (to me) as one that only needed to be bred 10 times.
of course, JMO
Sandy
At 04:04 PM 4/8/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>Beryl -- I was for the most part in agreement with you about "stars"
>(especially the finishing easily under specialty judges part) until you got
>to the ROM part, and everyone may not (possible understatement) agree with
>my opinion that the ROM is often a meaningless, misleading designation. In
>many cases the champions that make their dams ROMs are very poor specimens
>that finish in mediocre competition. "We finished Lulu yesterday, and that
>made her mother Fifi ROM" doesn't mean much if Lulu and Fifi's other
>champions are clunkers. Of course the ROM may also be a tremendous
>achievement. I think it's all about, "WHO are the champions that he/she
>produced?"
>
>tom elkins
>Firethorn Temple
>http://www.firethorntemple.com
Sandra Kozub
KcK Kennels
http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm
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