[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Illustrated Standard/ IMPORTANT!!
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: susan-sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:54:32 -0400
Excellent post Susan. I agree wholeheartedly with you. Just because
the dogs of today have changed from what the original standard set
forth, doesn't mean we need to change it to accomodate what is being
shown today. What does this mean to the future of the breed? Are we
going to keep changing it every decade to keep up with the "trend"? Is
a dog to be considered something "fashionable" at that moment? Get back
to basics. The German Shepherd is a classic..................and a
classic never goes out of style! JMO, Barbara Galasso
SUSAN SULLIVAN wrote:
> I realize that the current illustrated standard is somewhat outdated, but
> I question the concept of changing it because our dogs don't look like that
> anymore...Are you saying we need to change the standard to meet the dogs we
> are currently showing because they don't meet the standard? I'm all for
> updating the illustrated one to match the written one and I believe we have
> improved technology to do so successfully. But to make the pictures look
> like what we are showing today is in effect changing the standard to meet the
> dogs. That is not a good thing to do. Perhaps we need to look at the dogs
> we are showing next to the standard and analyze and correct them through
> breeding to more closely reflect the standard not the other way around. That
> is the whole purpose of a standard.
>I do want the judges to look for a dog that matches the written standard
>whether that dog looked more like the standard in the fifties or today.
>Susan
>From: LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Illustrated Standard/ IMPORTANT!!
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>Because the old one is about 50 years old and our dogs don't look like those
>pictures any longer. I think when judges are going to study a new breed the
>first thing they look at is the visuals they get from the PC.
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>It is not just our breed but most breeds no longer look like they did 50 years
>ago. I studied many breeds in the last 10 years and it is very interesting to
>see their current illustrated standard and then going back in old books and
>seeing what they look like but then. Some are so different they don't even
>look like the same breed.
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>Do you need any more reasons or are you convinced we need a new IS?
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>Do you really want the judges to go in the ring looking for a GSD that looks
>like the one of 50 years ago?
>
>Lee Brown
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>Susan w. Sullivan
>Firethorn Farm
>German Shepherd Dogs
>Where Form Follows Function
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