Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Depends on who's picking them. You and I might like some of the lower placing dogs better. But remember, they are also judged on their bite work and progeny groups. There might be a super star who is too young to have a progeny group so he only goes V not VA. Or maybe on that day he didn't do great on his bite work. Ken On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm kind of curious after reading these two posts. > Aren't the video tapes we see of the Seiger show .....the 'best' of the > European > dogs? > When we look at the line going around and around showing the Seiger and > Seigerin > and the dogs in order that they are rated behind them....are they not > necessarily the > best?? > Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.Marhaven.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RopajaGSD@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, April > 29, 2011 1:05 AM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Front Extension? > > > Ken, > The people who know, have been saying that for years now, to some of > those who have paid > tremendous amounts of money for an imported dog; "that few European > breeders will sell > anything good to someone in this country despite the fact that some will > pay thru the nose just > to be able to say that they did regardless of the quality of what they > received. > Those Europeans laugh as they run to deposit the money from the > stereotype American fool. > Not my opinion, just stating what has been known for years...I think it > goes back to the old > American stereotype thought pattern, that if it is imported it must be > good"..GRIN!... > > For those who have purchased imported GSDs, please note I said SOME, not > ALL.....Pauline > Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/) > > > > InFrom: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx> > > Personally, I don't think we can make that determination. There are far > too few European > dogs here to really make that judgement (IMHO). > Remember, they have little motivation to sell their very best into this > country. It would be like us > selling our top dogs to another country where they would not earn American > titles that promote > our breeding programs. > Just a thought. > > Ken > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. > > Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and > its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions > expressed in any post. > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: > http://showgsd.org/mail.html > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================