[ SHOWGSD-L ] Not through my eyes
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I have to reply, and I didn't think to see this from Barbara.
The finest people I know, the most honest people I know, and many of those
I have met and become my friends, are the dog people. I am proud to be
able to call them my friends.
Yes, there are some jerks, but the best people in society are those who
love their dogs.
I would take the dog people over any other segment of society. If you
don't accept that, look about you and talk to those who hate dogs, who would
never have a dog in their home, or who don't understand a dog/human bond.
And then think about how much time you want to give to those people?
Not just for me, not just my opinion, but if you don't believe me, cross
out every person in your life who you met through dogs, and then tell me
what value remains?
Life without dogs is a life with no passion. It is a life with no quality
and as it says on my refrigerator, a house without a dog, is not a home.
Evan L.Ginsburg
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In a message dated 2/22/2015 8:55:37 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
amidon481@xxxxxxx writes:
I have never met worse than some dog people..liars no integrity..handlers
breeding and showing against their clients..what are in the breed now are
people who can't afford the sport.don't study don't go to dog shows to
learn.they don't study bloodlines just want to win… try having a
conversation???
huh its a different world..no manners noooo the economy is not the reason
for low entries…
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Yup, if you need to hire a handler and/or send a dog away you are going to
spend a bit, but I'm not finding a purebred dog as a social outcast.
"Adopt don't shop" may be a sentiment from some on the very liberal left, the
AR do-gooders. I'm finding backlash from the other side.
Everything we do today is expensive. My nephew plays b-ball (pitching
coach, batting coach), competes in competitive diving (diving coach),
competitive swimming (coach), gymnastics (competed in Mexico last year, mom
went
with because obviously you don't send a child by themself), loves to ski
(lessons), and plays a bit of basketball (instruction from a former 76er).
He'll be 11 soon.
These things go in cycles. At some point the economy will improve and
some will get back into showing dogs.
I think the decline in dogs being shown has as much to do with the failure
of the family unit, and for those units who haven't failed the necessity
for two career couples (for most of my mentors "moms" were able to stay
home, raise children and breed an occasional litter of puppies), and children
being over-scheduled. Even if there is a bit of interest, and I have no
doubt my nephew could show a dog with the best of them as athletic as he is,
there are just so many hours in a day and a wide variety of interests.
But things are cyclical.
Of more concern to me is that when the economy is bad, people in dogs on a
shoestring proliferate. Maybe not as much in GSDs as other smaller breeds
(less expensive to feed), but for those on the fringe, out to make a buck,
lot of cr*p happening. No wonder we have the legislation of the past
year. It's to protect stupid buyers (oh, did I have a Gruber moment??? perhaps
I should say "uneducated") from liars and cheats.
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
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In a message dated 2/22/2015 8:46:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rautt75@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Kathy, you make a case here for 'rich man's game'
Anne, GA
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Hmmmmmmm....I'm not finding that. I find people willing to wait quite a
while for a dog that looks like the standard. Maybe on the fringes or maybe
someone w/ a limited bank account but the status symbols of a beautiful,
well bred dog, expensive car/clothes/homes haven't gone away. Just look at
the BMW and Audi sales figures, look at Nordstroms.....
Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC
Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions
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In a message dated 2/21/2015 5:11:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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The purebred dog, bred, raised and loved by a good breeder is now a social
outcast. "Adopt, don't shop" is the average person's philosophy today.
So while dogs are as popular as ever, my thinking is that the well bred dog
who is a good representative of its breed is not.
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