my bitch went reserve and it helped make my decision to go all the way to Oregon with her knowing that i got to participate twice at the National in turn brought yet another entry to the national. It's all about participation in our breed and if you give people another way to participate how can that be bad...........my reserve bitch didn't take away from the finals and the judge who gave her the reserve was very happy to see her there and said with age and experience she was looking very very good !!............I appreciated the comments and enjoyed showing her there and in her 12-18 class...... Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <ELG440@xxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:45 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] I like the reserve system > > > In a message dated 1/8/2006 8:18:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > caretti@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > .... I'd love to hear the opinion of those who do > nominate litters and show in the futurities/maturities.....Thumbs up or > thumbs down? > > > > > This seems to be the key issue. Those who show in Futurities like the > Reserve system. From what I have been noticing, it is those who do not > show that > want to get rid of it. Those opinions are just as valid, but I am > waiting to > hear why having less winners at the national to compete and be seen by > the > rest of the country is a bad thing? > > So far I have not noticed a Futurity winner saying they do not want the > Reserves to compete with them. I doubt those who won Reserve want to > eliminate > going to the National. > > It is an interesting dichotomy. > > Now, there is a sentence I don't get to use very often. > > > Evan > _Asgard German Shepherds_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/) > http://www.asgardgsd.com/ > Where Type Movement and Temperament come together > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 ============================================================================