And i really doubt that any of the other breeds you are talking about pay thousands of dollars to handlers at their National specialty. And in fact alot of breeds are easily owner handled. The select titles to only the deserving gives you a little more bang for your bucks............ Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com **************************************************************** > Without getting into a total "apples and oranges" thing here, a lot of > breeds > only offer the Best Of Breed, Best Op and Awards of Merit to the > deserving. > A lot of them DO enter with the hope of going BOB, but, are very satidfied > with their AOM. There are no Selects, as we have them. Their AOM is > considered > like our Select Award. They have no GV/GVx. I agree to having this Award > available as it truly does increase the number of potential deserving dogs > to > some recognition, than to have them all limited and folks feeling like > they have > wasted their time by not getting anything. These folks who get an AOM are > very happy with it. Heck! You hear it on the Westminster shows of the > dogs that > were awarded an AOM, even when they weren't BOB. Granted, we would all > like > to go home with the GV Award, but, as with all shows, there are only very > few > winners for that top slot. I am one of those few who would not > necessarily > have them limited, but do encourage the use of an AOM. > > Chris K > > "Do Right and Fear No One" --from the Stephanitz Family Crest > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================