[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Letters, we get letters!!
- From: "Paula M. Cooke" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:33:01 GMT
Thanks, Pat. You, too.................nothing is as impressive to spectators
as seeing you and your handsome boy all stretched out on the floor near the
ring, waiting your turn. What a cool dog Bullwinkle is!! Don't you love good
temperament???? Tons of luck and success to you! Paula, 354 days and counting
Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, AKC JAM/AOE, Intern'l & Am CH, Silver
Grand Champion Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047
(Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, & Thyroid),.1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in
California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH
Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee. 2010-2011-Lifetime AKC
Eukanuba invitee.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Pat Evans <patsgsdpups@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx>, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Letters, we get letters!!
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:48:00 -0500
You go girl! Good exhibitors have a great opportunity to enhance the public
opinion of this great breed. You did good!
Pat Evans
On Oct 21, 2011, at 4:12 AM, "Paula M. Cooke" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have to say that showing Harley over the past 1.5 years has been quite an
> experience. One of the neatest things is chatting with the public,
> especially people curious about the GSD or wanting one.
>
> For instance, this past weekend in Las Vegas, when Harley was in the Group
> ring, I heard a lady with another breed, commenting to her fellow exhibitor,
> on the GSD sloping topline and questioning it's reason. After Harley's
> individual exam was completed, I walked back over to her and explained. She
> thanked me and said she had never thought of it the way I explained. I
> thanked her for her interest in our breed.
>
> One thing I find fascinating is that many people, including vets, seem to
> equate the sloping topline and rear angulation to hip dysplasia. I love to
> lay the little statistic on them that the squarer dogs, like St Bernards,
> actually have a much higher incidence of hip dysplasia than our breed!
>
> Today's mail contained a letter from a man in Las Vegas. He enclosed the
> page from the catalog where Harley's name was listed. He explained that he
> and his wife attended the show because they are "looking to adopt a young
> GSD" and were "so impressed" with my dog. He wanted to know if I would sell
> him a puppy like Harley!
>
> These types of encounters always leave me feeling so good about what Harley
> and I have done. There are so many aspects to this sport, eh?
>
> Paula, 355 days and counting
>
> Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, AKC JAM/AOE, Intern'l & Am CH, Silver
> Grand Champion Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047
> (Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, & Thyroid),.1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD
> in California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH
> Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee. 2010-2011-Lifetime AKC
> Eukanuba invitee.
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