My point was: "Congratulations, you did good. OH, you don't feed Purina? You're not THAT good." Purina has nothing to do with a dog being successful in the ring. If it did, my dog would just be... Chase. Purina has been very generous with our Futurities and shows. That's great, and we all thank them for that. But they can not lay claim to genetics. All top show dogs are not fed Purina and all dogs fed Purina are not top show dogs. That should be a clue to Purina. Carol Weale ----- Original Message ----- From: <almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <dankagsd01@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Purina Purina and any other dog food company does all they do in hopes that in the end they will make money on people purchasing their food. I doubt any food company would give away all the freebies and sponsor shows, futurity trophies etc if they didn't have a bigger picture in mind. I am thankful to Purina for they purchased all my club's futurity trophies and really helped my club and many others out. My regional club would not have made a small profit if not for Purina. I am also thankful to Royal Canin for giving all the help they have to my club. I will humor the dog food companies anytime because of all they do for our clubs. And if they get some new customers from their advertisements well good for them so they can keep giving to our clubs. Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Weale" <dankagsd01@xxxxxxx> To: <psharp212@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:11 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Purina > > Someone needs to inform Purina that feeding their dog food does not the > Champion make. > I was called last year regarding the "Purina wall" at the National. The > conversation started by them congratulating me on the accomplishment of my > dog being ranked in the top 20 and inviting me to fill out a questionnaire > so that a pic could be placed on the wall,bla bla bla. When it came to > feeding, my dog was no longer desirable for the wall. I don't feed > Purina. > I feed raw. While I understand they are the sponsor and spend the money, I > think they are WAY out of line with the impression they are trying to > give, > that Purina is the breakfast of Champions. I'm sure MANY are using Purina > and love it. That's not the point. We all know where Champions come > from, > it's not from a bag of dog food. They were highly insulting and didn't > get > any points from me. > . > Carol Weale > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the > original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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