Amen, Lee. I love and adore my GSDS. I hope to always have them, but I also love my Papillon & BCs. If someone asks me which I "love/like" the most, there's not a simple answer. They are all brilliant, but they have different personalities, strengths, and train differently. I like different things "the most" about each of them. Julie Degen www.caissonkennels.com Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:44 PM, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Msg: #6 in digest > From: LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:44:14 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Re: Not for everyone > > Of course most of them do. All Breed judges are rather smart even though > most GSD people think they are all dumb. I have hired many judges of other > breeds in my 25+ years as Show Chairman for an all breed club. Maybe there > lies the problem GSD people think they are above all the others in this > sport. Try learning a bit more about other breeds and quit thinking yours is > the > ONLY breed. I love the breed and always will but I do appreciate other > breeds as well. Just look at the numbers you are getting in entries compared > to other breeds. You don't have to go to the show. Go to Onofrio or Infodog > and look at the entries other breeds are getting compared to GSDs. Sure you > say we get majors. Look at what it takes for a major a handful of dogs. > Now a specialty club in most areas can get a 5 point major entry but it is > not enough dogs to pay the bills and continue to host specialities. Rather > than continue to bash others maybe it is time to think and see what can be > done to get people back to showing GSDs. No new people coming into the breed > > or at least very few people are starting out to show GSDs. I can tell you > when I started some 30 years ago if this list were here and it had all the > negative crap people have to say and post, the bashing that goes on I > probably would have not showed dogs. I would have owned GSDs but they would > not > have gone to dog shows. MHO> You are not the elite of the dog show world. > > > Lee Brown > Too far from the womb and too close to the tomb to care about what anyone > thinks of me ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================