Yes, that was the gist of what the person was writing, Penny. THat the quality was MUCH better years ago, and the temperament was much worse. Storm On Jun 25, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Penny & Bill wrote: > Basically, the person's first dog was not from a "specialist" > breeder, and would not finish with the quality of dogs that was > showing 40 years ago. had a great temperament at a time when dogs > being shown were "raving lunatics." The dog could probably finish > today was a conclusion. > JFYI > > Stormy > **************************************************************** > Stormy, I don't get the gist of the paraphrase. Did he/she mean that > quality was good then (40 years ago) but not temperament? Could his/ > her dog finish today because today's quality is poor? As far as > temperament goes many "spooks" are under the influence of various > drugs now. Being the realist I am, there was probably drugging going > on 40 years ago. As far as type goes, there (unfortunately) seems to > be a schism between the specialty and all-breed ring dog, more so now > than in the late 70s when I started. At that time, the same dogs were > being shown in specialty and all-breed rings. I think a good dog can > do it in both rings! > > Penny in NC > The Farm Dog > > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. > > Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This > group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or > opinions expressed in any post. > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================