you are right................ and people with low incomes can still enjoy the sport they just have to manage their money wisely while participating in what they love. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: caggra@xxxxxxx To: almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; chsweetsun@xxxxxxx ; jkerner@xxxxxxxxx ; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] My Thoughts: Re: interesting Some still do spend a ton on showing dogs. Some find ways to do it without spending a ton. Interestingly enought I find that in dog shows we have such a huge spread across incomes. There are people showing dogs that don't have much money at all all the way up to people that spend tens of thousands or more per year. Just look at some of the ads in the all breed magazines....not a ton of GSD's, but some. To run ads like that every week or month. Even the review, some of the ads this past year have been incredible....and many of them from people who advertise every month. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: chsweetsun@xxxxxxx; jkerner@xxxxxxxxx; caggra@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] My Thoughts: Re: interesting oddly enough, people will spend tons of money on their hobbies like hunting, fishing vacationing and wow you can't believe what people spend on boating and race cars as just a few examples etc...... I showed Quarter horses for a long time from youth on up...............holy crap is that a ton of money. Just the silver stuff and outfits alone were extremely costly ,,,,,I wonder if that has declined through the years. I can't put my finger on why people will spend the money on other hobbies, but not showing dogs ?? Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================