[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Is this part of our problem?
- From: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:03:46 -0700
I think everyone has touched on just about all the reasons but I'd like to
add that good work ethic is genetic. If we pay more attention to this we
won't need 2 or three double handlers. Seems like most now just breed to
the highly promoted dogs without regard to work ethic or even pedigrees.
Ken
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:32 AM, carolyn mckenna
<carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I completely agree, D D. When did the "trainer" thing start ?
> I do not remember it before sometime in the 90s. In other
> breeds, dogs go out sometimes for years with their owner never
> seeing them. I cannot imagine not having my shepherd with me
> all the time. Seems that today many judge movement on speed.
> Carolyn
> --- On Fri, 7/9/10, cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx <cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx <cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Is this part of our problem?
> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 8:05 PM
>
> Just read an e-mail congratulating a new Champion and it listed the owner,
> handler and trainer. I see the need for a handler but have a hard time
> justifying a trainer for confirmation unless the owner has some infirmity.
> I have been doing this for over 40 years and have let one handler take one
> dog for several months and I was miserable because I was not at the shows.
> I train? my dogs and give them to the handler just before the show for them
> to groom. That is the only contact they have with my dog.
> I have a hard time understanding letting a handler and trainer take your
> dog and finish them without you ever being at a show. Co-owned dogs are a
> different story.
> Maybe the cost of a handler and trainer and not getting to see your dog
> shown is part of our decrease in dog owners interest in confirmation. D.D.
>
>
>
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