Hi, I agree with Jeff. I plan on taking Columbus weekend off. I have been there and done that. Ann caggra@xxxxxxx wrote: Hi Vicki, ? I was surprised to see such low #'s...but the Columbus all breeds have had shrinking entries for the past few years, much the same as the used to be big Louisville cluster.??I heard several people say?after the past year or so at these shows that they would not return.? THEIR perception is that these shows are always a sweep for a certain?big?All Breed?handler and his team.??Before anyone jumps on me, I am only?stating what others have said?THEY feel.??I think certain?All Breed clusters do absolutely lose entries based on this perception by exhibitors.? The Columbus All Breed weekend used to be 4 or 5 pt majors...Several handlers came in, plus MANY local owner-handlers etc.?? My opinion is that these entries are simply going elsewhere on other weekends.?? Some all breed weekends have dramatically LARGER entries as compared to the past....I feel?that?this is because?the same big All Breed handler mentioned above?has not been to these shows in the past?few years.? For example....? This weekend we are going to Fort Wayne, Indiana all breeds.? These used to be?1 pt shows year after year.? This year?are strong majors everyday, I think even 4 pts in dogs if all show up.? Next weekend we go to Grand Rapids, Michigan.?? These shows have always hovered around 2 or 3 pts., but this year there are?over 20?males!? A strong 4 pt major!? So, I guess we all just have to re-evaluate where we are entering dogs that just need majors.? :(? I would love to have majors back at our Columbus all breeds...The shows are less than 4 miles from my house!!!!!!!? LOL??? Maybe I can see if our Specialty club can get in good with the 4 All Breed clubs to help choose judges in the future.? One thing I noticed this year is that there are 2 All Breed judges, 1 Specialty judge and 1 judge that does both.? Maybe that affected the entries in Columbus this year too?? Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: VSabiaB@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 6:25 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] SHOW ENTRIES... SAD.... There is a big 4 day All-Breed cluster in Ohio comng up and they are usually Majors. We have decent judges for these shows and we can't even get 12 MALES for a Major.. this is sad... How are we supposed to finish our dogs? Sorry, I just wanted to "vent" on how our German Shepherd show entries are falling. It is scary..... 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