[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Our Economy and Your thoughts
- From: Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx, freelist <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:59:25 -0700 (PDT)
Excellent post Kathy....my wife and I were just last night adding up to cost of
showing my first decent dog in ten years at the Southern California shows
Thanksgiving weekend...the cost is almost $600.00....and let me say we are
blessed and we can afford it, but like everyone else we are starting to watch
what we're doing alot more carefully...The National will be expensive and I'm
just going there to watch, and perhaps drive Basu to the hospital. Christmas is
coming up etc etc...just mailed off a check to Art Sinclair....hey I'm taking a
very very serious look at my dog expenses for next year...I don't have litters
that I can sell to help off-set my cost ( and no I am not bitching about those
that do)....to tell the truth when and if I finish my current dog...I just may
be done...Ed Hill
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Kathy Tank <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kathy Tank <rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Our Economy and Your thoughts
To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 8:56 AM
As I watched the debate last night, I reflected on the many friends I have
talked with from across the country , over the past couple of days...
even though the conversations were about a different subject initially, they
swung to the economy rather quickly.
I would like to hear from people, regular folks like us (if your annual
income has more than 3 zeros after the comma , then this probably won't
pertain to you, lol)
How has our Economic crisis, affected you? Will you think more carefully
about entering?
How far are you willing to go for a two show weekend vs a four or five show
weekend?
Are you likely to enter shows where one judge you really like and one is
iffy or a probably not? Has this changed for you?
What can clubs do to pique your interest, and boost entries?
Are you keeping and showing more dogs or the same or less?
Are you breeding more or less?
I am not looking for a debate on the candidates. That is a personal choice
for all.
But maybe if the clubs hear a concensus, or see somewhere they can improve,
it will help them, and also their exhibitors.
Speaking for us, with four children under 18, college looming for two of
them, and us working harder than ever, like everyone,
we look VERY hard at entering our own dogs. We also look hard for our
clients' sakes, because it's really expensive now, for everyone.
We may not go to a show with one good judge and one "iffy" (Unless
our
clients just insist)
We see a trend here in the west where the SAME judges are judging in or near
the state OVER AND OVER. (No not local judges either)
We have shows coming up where the IDENTICAL pair of judges are judging that
just judged in another part of the state a few months ago.
(Great if you did well...a no go, if you got mixed results or none, so
that cuts out an entire show weekend for many) who wants to make a long
expensive drive to show under the SAME judges?
Is this a good idea , or a bad idea? Opinions?
How can clubs encourage more entries, more consistently , without killing
themselves financially? Many are already struggling.
I think these things are on everyone's minds...and we are not just talking
about ABs and local specialties...we are also including Futurities
and if we really want to go there in this conversation...the Nationals.
Kathy Tank
http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com
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