You can use it as a tool, but the purpose, I believe, is to recognize the producers. If it were only to help in the search for stud dogs, there wouldn't be ROM awards for bitches. It has nothing to do with being a guessing game. It's a privilege, not a right. And it is only fair to restrict it to member owned dogs only. As I said, ask the people who have ROM dogs if they think it's just fine to hand them out to everybody and their brother. I bet they say no. And when you have one, you'll feel the same way. Peggy EDEN HALL wrote: > I thought tha the ROM system was more a tool for us to use when > looking for dogs to breed to. There may be dogs in pedegree that you > don't know but have a ROM behind their name. I know that I like to see > a lot of them behind a dog I'm going to use. > > Would you have it a guessing game as to who produced and who did'nt > based on club membership. > > The owners and breeders should probably be members to be recognized > although it would open a whole new can of worms when some long time > member-breeder is left out because of a lapse in membership due to > illness or something. > > Jim > > > > Hallmark German Shepherds > 'The Best of Both Worlds' > Top American And German Lines > > ****WEBSITE UPDATED 12/11/05****** > www.gsdhallmark.homestead.com/index.html > > > > > >> From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Reply-To: pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx >> To: cauthenl@xxxxxxxxx >> CC: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: ROM... >> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:02:29 -0400 >> >> Hi Louise - >> It's a club title. That's what perks are. The Register is maintained >> by the club for club members' dogs and bitches. If it were for anyone >> it would lose any cachet it has. >> If you give it to the owner of any dog anywhere, it means nothing. >> Maybe you have to have an ROM dog or bitch to understand it. >> All the best, >> Peggy >> >> Louise Cauthen wrote: >> >> >Hi Peggy, >> > I agree that all the other titles like AOE and Select should be >> restricted to club members dogs, as the dog competes for them. My >> only thought is that the dog's offspring bring this ROM honor to a >> dog and that is why I disagree on the ROM award being restricted to >> only PC members. >> > >> > Giving the owners something tangible for the ROM, being only for >> PC members, IMO, is fine, but as I see it- it hurts no one to honor a >> dog for what it's progeny accomplish but that is my opinion and I >> guess we don't see it the same way. And it would be great if all >> were club members - maybe we can get them to join - or rejoin, as I did. >> > Respectfully, >> > Louise Cauthen >> > >> > >> > >> ============================================================================ >> >> POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. >> >> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues >> ============================================================================ >> > > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================