Because there are fewer and fewer top handlers and if your dog doesn't have a rep to win they will not take him or her. Joan F. Fox 17500 Haskins Rd. Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023 tel: 440-759-4119 http://www.campaignersgsds.com On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 7:09 PM, Jen proud <proudk911@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >I have a question I'm sure y'all can help answer: >While I understand that entries used to be much higher years ago in both the >Futurities and Maturities, I don't understand why that so fewer dogs ever show >in the maturity today (or always and I hadn't noticed as much with larger >entries overall?) than in the futurity? It seems odd that showing in a >futurity is the ticket to maturity shows-- why don't more people take >advantage of that and enter their futurity shown dog in the maturities the >following year? It just seems there are many advantages to show a maturity >weekend- just as it was to enter the futurity in the previous year, right? >Or, did I get lost somewhere and completely miss why the maturities are much >smaller than Futurities entries? >TIA! >Jen P & her Pack equally curious and lost at the same time > >JayDee's Proud-Haus Shepherds/Proud K911 >www.jaydeesphs.com >Committed to the Total Dog you can be Proud of!!! >AKC Breeder of Merit > > > > >===========================================================================>POST > is Copyrighted 2014. 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 2014. 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/ ============================================================================