[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Standard backlines....

  • From: Kris Kudel <vomkristallaugen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Carolyn <marhaven@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:14:55 -0600 (CST)

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From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2006/12/05 Tue PM 12:31:44 CST
To: Carolyn <marhaven@xxxxxxx>
Cc: GrnRam415@xxxxxxx, rfreeny@xxxxxxxxxxx, dir@xxxxxxxxxx, 
        nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Standard backlines....

LOL, Carolyn, but you are preaching to the choir.
    My point is not to disagree...but to share the viewpoint of the 
majority of the public (in spite of people who get calls from people 
looking for American style...I'm speaking of the majority...of John Q 
Public) and of many judges and people in other breeds.
    `   We can all continue to ignore this perception of the breed as we 
like it, and say "well, I don't show at the all breeds," while specialty 
entries continue to dwindle, and clubs fall by the wayside, and new 
people don't come into the breed, OR we can set about educating 
OURSELVES on how to dispel this idea...WE KNOW our dogs are as good as 
any and better than many...but we need to know how to answer these people.
    The judge who asked the question, who is very open to discussion and 
learning, is going to be applying to judge the breed, obviously...shall 
we leave her to her idea that our style of dog is wrong and just not 
show to her, or the others who think this way, or teach them...convert 
them, if you will?  I think we should try to convert them...get them to 
realize why we pose our dogs as we do; why they move as they do; why we 
want them this way...and not blame it on the better press from the 
German side...for so many years now, we have had (as a fancy) the 
attitude that the all breed rings don't matter, that only specialty wins 
count, and guess what?  That's not true.  SOME people who come from 
other breeds have a lot to offer...but if we don't teach them, we can 
just go on our merry way, waiting for specialty wins (provided you can 
find a handler, because heaven knows most of us can't compete with our 
own dogs)--the dog fancy is changing, and not for the better...entries 
are falling off...just in the GSD world, we've bemoaned the lack of 
handlers, the lack of new people, and the loss of clubs and how hard it 
is to get majors.........we have to do something....HOW are we going to 
get to these people?
Peggy


Ok, 
 I am not one that "likes" the roach back of the Germanlines, but there are 
some German breeders who breed pretty darn close to the "American" lines.  Not 
many...but I have seen a few.  The backline is always something that baffled me 
personally.......  AB say theirs is right..... Specialty say theirs is 
right..........German Showlines is correct. German working lines is correct.   
I guess "correct" is what you like and what a judge likes at that moment.  I 
don't think anyone agrees on what the "correct" standard is.

Kris Kudel
Kamelot
Shepherds      UPDATED http://mysite.verizon.net/krisbob1/
GSDCA member
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