[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: The BHI award

  • From: "Bob Grady" <bobgrady@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx>, <d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:11:03 -0700

Diane,  I was not questioning your figures.  I was just wondering if it helped 
with the number of entries?  I am to lazy to go back and do the research.

Bob

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Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [Norton AntiSpam][ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The BHI award

the figures are 100% true and, if you or anyone else wants the exact breakdown 
of figures and percentages, i would be more than happy to send them.  i am 
talking ONLY about litter nominations - there are no FREE entries so actual 
presence or absenteeism has absolutely nothing to do with the Purina Alliance.  
i can't begin to explain why someone enters and then does or doesn't choose to 
show - that is strictly up to those individuals.  the ability to double enter 
this year may have created the illusion of greater numbers of absent entries.
 
diane
 
Diane Silver-Strasser
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In a message dated 8/11/2011 2:47:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
bobgrady@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

        Diane:  If everything you are saying is true, and I have no doubt it 
is.  Over the years it seems that there is always about 50% absentees.  Seems 
this year it was greater.  Having judged one this year and looking at some of 
the rest it looks (without doing the math) the show ups were not as good.
        
        Guess my question is:  How much did the free nominations help?
        
        Bob
        
        
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        Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:50 PM
        To: d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [Norton AntiSpam][ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The BHI award
        
        that is absolutely UNTRUE, evan.  we had more litters nominated last  
year 
        than the year before and, this year, we are up approximately 18% in  
        nominations from this same time last year.  and ... before anyone asks 
...  the 
        percentage of FREE nominations has decreased.
        
        diane
        
        Diane  Silver-Strasser
        Silstra German Shepherds
        _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/)  The online store for 
 
        everything German Shepherd and then some!
        _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/)   
        Skater's Blog  
        
        In a message dated 8/11/2011 12:25:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
        d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
        
        I will  vote for the decision to take away free litter nominations. It  
was
        instituted to increase Futurity entries. It seems to have slowed down  
the
        trend  of less and less litters being registered. Evan   Ginsburg
        
        
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        This  entire issue may be bigger than a board decision or the fees  
charged.
        Measuring simply by the drop in litters nominated may be a little  
short 
        sighted.
        
        September AKC Chairman’s Report contains a sobering  assessment of 
the AKC’
        s 
        registration situation. Registrations numbers have  dropped 53 percent 
        since 
        1992, from 1.5 million to a projected 725,000  this year.
        
        AKC wants to blame a large part of this on "paper only"  registrations. 
        While 
        that is having an effect, there are other  factors.
        1. The competition of other registries, - paper only  registrations. 
(As 
        above)
        2. The economy - we have not bred a litter  simple because we cannot 
afford 
        to right now. We never make money on the  process.
        3. The Animal Rights forces have increasingly sponsored laws that  make 
it 
        virtually impossible to breed. Example: Las Vegas, NV & Clark  County, 
in 
        which it is located: All dogs must be neutered or spayed by  three 
months 
        of 
        age unless they are 'certified' as a show dog. You see the  problem. 
They 
        cannot be a show dog until they are six months old and  having brood 
stock 
        who do not show is thus illegal also... Obey these  stupid laws and the 
        entire world is pet free in one generation.
        4.  Lower membership might equal fewer litters from members - ya think.
        5.  Etc.
        
        So, there are many reasons that litter nominations are down.  
Thankfully, 
        trends do not always continue at the same rate indefinitely -  I think 
it 
        is 
        called the bell curve phenomena or something like that. But  if they 
do, 
        our 
        sport is doomed along with pet ownership by the general  public. We 
have 
        some 
        major issue ahead of our sport, and I only hope that  we can find a way 
to 
        stop the trend or at least slow it until my days are  over and my 
interest 
        in 
        GSD is fulfilled at the bridge.
        
        All that to  say, Evan has a valid point. Free nominations may have 
        increased 
        as a  percentage of the available litters to be nominated.
        Just an  observation....
        Dave  
        
        
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