[ SHOWGSD-L ] Leaving..no longer showing/ Questions
- From: "Carolyn" <marhaven@xxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:45:40 -0800
To: <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx>;" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:54 AM
Subject: Leaving..no longer showing/ Questions
> >
>> What is the average age of the people you see at Specialty shows?
>> What is the average age of the people you see at WDA events or USA events?
>> How do they differ and I am not talking dogs here I don't want to hear one
>> darn
>> thing about what you think of their dogs looks. How do the events differ?
>> This might be a good place to start.
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We have.......several times, because we are always looking for a good German
dog,
and we like to watch the work. There is absolutely NO sitting around in chairs
watching the dogs. Everyone had a dog on a big leather leash.
Almost everyone was young, BUFF, Leather was IN, MACHO attitude, even with the
women.......<G> The dogs were Macho....even the bitches....it was laughed at
and
encouraged. They ate with the dogs, visited with the dogs, sat with the
dogs.....the
dogs were the primo part of their lives....no dogs sitting in crates out of
their
vehicles.
We are always in jeans and sweat shirts or T shirts... no tight pants with huge
leather belts or leather vests...we look different <G> They know we are not one
of them.........no one is friendly.
NO puppies around.....BIG THICK LEATHER Leashes, belts, collars, arm bands,
leather boots, etc. Just like us at a show....they clapped and encouraged
dogs....
No kids that we saw. There were bleaches for people that came to watch... ( us
)
It is very long and drawn out. It's the 'big event' for them....not just
another
show. No dogs left in crates ring side.
>>
>> I don't think you can blame the decline in our sport on money. It has always
>> been
> expensive. I want to know why the young folks are More willing to pay
> 10,000.00 plus
> on a German bred dog. Spend another 5 to 10 thousand titling it before they
> ever
> get to show in the adult classes.> Terry
> ************************************
EXCELLENT MARKETING!!!
We don't have the Ads out in any of the magazines!! Check out Dog World....or
any dog magazine at any pet store!!! MARKETING!!! Type in German Shepherd
Dog on the Net and see what comes up. MARKETING!!!
Most of us don't promote or advertise as agressively as they do....we don't
have the
volume of puppies they do to promote.....
( with us personally........it IS the money......... )
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
>> edwinx <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think Doc, Sally, Beryl , Joan and Kris are all correct....when my dad
>> showed our
>> first dog, a great dane in 1970 , he handled himself.....My dad was exact
>> opposite
>> of myself in personality...he got feed up real quick of all the
>> politics...he went
>> into training protection dogs, which is where I started....yes, now days
>> money is a
>> big issue...but if you think about it...money has always been a big
>> issue...showing
>> dogs years ago probably cost about the same percentage wise to everything
>> else...gas was 29cents a gallon, milk was 39 cents and our house note was
>> 150
>> bucks.I now own that house and believe me , the note is way more than 150
>> bucks..people will spend their money whether they have it or not on things
>> that
>> they want to do.....golf, skiing trips, college for their kids, Super Bowl
>> tickets,
>> illegal drugs, fancy cars, gambling or what ever.....Kris has the point that
>> I
>> believe is the most crucial in reviving our sport...we must GROW THE
>> BUSINESS...just how do we do that.
>> ...thats the real question...I have always looked at the sport of showing
>> dogs as
>> somewhat of a "closed mini society".....this society even has smaller, even
>> more
>> "closed societies" inside of the original closed society..this must
>> change... you
>> ask how?....hell if I know...ask somebody smart like Christine Grainger and
>> Kathaleen Strong,or Syd Mailberg, or Tom Langlitz.. just to name a few of
>> many many
>> more on this list...how about opening up the BOD...and I am not bitching
>> about
>> board members....but seems to me we hardly ever get new members and when we
>> do they
>> do not seem to stay on long....how do you spell term limits....hell I don't
>> know
>> what else to do to save this sport, its very complex...I will be leaving
>> soon
>> myself if I am lucky enough to get an elementary school teaching job in
>> September...I do know this...we better do something, and we better do it
>> soon....Ed
>> Hill
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