[ SHOWGSD-L ] Purpose of dog shows
- From: ELG440@xxxxxxx
- To: janandmort@xxxxxxx, campaignersgsd@xxxxxxxxx, inquestgsd@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:32:49 -0400 (EDT)
Dog shows are a lot of things. But, first and foremost they are a hobby and
way to enjoy yourself. If all you are doing is trying to improve the
breed, you don't need shows and points. You don't need ribbons and
championships. Just go around to the kennels and do your own evaluation.
Then, let's take a minute to be honest. The shows are a place to have fun,
see your friends, laugh a bit, talk dogs, and meet new people. If you
don't believe that, go to the National.
The standard is how you improve breeding and the future of the breed. We
selectively breed out the traits that WE decide we don't want in our dogs.
But, the genes are always going to be there, unless you believe you are
mutating the breed. I don't believe that. We are renting this breed to meet
our
goals.
Yes, I try to improve my pups with each breeding. I try to improve what I
am going to show. I try to make the breed better. But, I do this for my
pleasure. When it isn't fun any more, or when it becomes so serious that I can
only go to a show to evaluate what I want to breed, then I will find
something else to do with my time.
I read, study, learn. That is how I improve my life. I attended school
for 19 years. I show dogs to meet my friends, to enjoy seeing other great
dogs, (I can stay home if I want to only see wonderful German shepherds), and
to learn from others.
The purpose of the AKC is to earn money and protect their data base. The
purpose of the GSDCA is to provide a platform and standard to establish the
basis of our breed. The purpose of dog shows is up to every person. No one
can tell another what that person's purpose should be. It is an individual
thing, and up to each of us. And everyone can determine what their
purpose is. They are, of course, right for them.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Evan L. Ginsburg
gsyrfund.com
Asgard German Shepherds
_http://www.asgardgsd.com_ (http://www.asgardgsd.com/)
Where Type Movement and Temperament come together
In a message dated 9/17/12 5:50:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
janandmort@xxxxxxx writes:
It should be enjoyable but that is not the primary reason, in my opinion,
which is to evaluate potential breeding worth and selectively determine
which characteristics should be emphasized and integrated into breeding
programs by the breeders and used as such.
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