[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Some history again
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "carolyn mckenna" <carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:30:02 -0400
$7000 per month is a vast understatement for some of them. A friend of mine
sponsored a dog for two years about a decade ago, and his bill from just the
weekly magazine (for those 2 years) was over $50 thousand. That didn't include
any of the monthly or quarterly magazines...just the weekly, and he skipped a
few weeks, too.
The whole thing is too rich for most people's blood...sure is too rich for
mine.
I really don't understand how people are so taken in by these ads...but I
know they are. They probably are the same people who believe what's said on
infomercials.
Peggy
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From: carolyn mckenna
To: pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx ; VPREZHMF@xxxxxxx ; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Some history again
Yep, it's all about the "win" these days. Most of the newer folks
do not even know how to have a good time at a show. Shows used
to go on all day. At a specialty, you didn't even have to get there
until afternoon if you had only a bitch entered. The first show I judged
I had 53 in the open dog class. Back then, too, we didn't have the
advertising (except for the Review) that we have now. This is probably
the biggest factor in declining entries. People don't take out double
page spreads in the weekly and the 4 four monthly mags ( think about
$7,000 per month on advertising ) just for fun, and the handlers are some
times more visible than the dogs. Could there be a reason for that ?
These mags go to almost all judges. Not hard to figure why those
advertised do most of the winning, thus are highest in the ratings for
their breed. Nope, this ain't your daddy's dog game.
Carolyn
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