[ SHOWGSD-L ] The Times....They are A Changing
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:07:07 -0500
I just love looking at the old Reviews. (These I'm referring to were
from the 1980's). There is a world of information in them for the
student who wants to learn about our breed. It is definitely a "picture
book" story of where our breed has come from, where it's been and what
direction it's going in. The articles that were written then are still
relevant for today.
I look at the many pictures not just of the dogs, but of the people who
were in the breed and who are no longer with us which saddens me, and
also of those of us who are still kicking around after all these years.
The president of the GSDCA (back then) is still with us on this List.
Every picture you see of her, she had a broad, happy sunny smile on her
face and always looked classy.....Mrs. Helen Miller Fisher. The always
attractive tall blond judge who had just as many assignments back then
as she still does today......Mrs. Joan Fox. And how about that Evan?
I've only known him as the guy with the white hair and mustache, and
looking back then, his hair and mustache was so dark and he was still
showing his own dogs. All three of the Dancosses' were showing back
then. Henry was just about on every other page, and the young Leslie
was giving her father a run for his money. And how about when she and
Jimmy Moses judged a futurity together? The kid and the master. Loved
seeing all the candid shots that someone took at the National. There
was about 5 pages of them. I knew I recognized but could not place this
young dark haired woman sitting there in deep thought and
contemplation. Who was she? No it couldn't be I thought to myself. So
I went and got my magnifying glass (hey the pictures were small), and lo
and behold.......it was me! Did I really wear my hair like that?
Great article written by Nancy Harper about hotels I believe, someone
wrote a letter to the editor (I used to love reading the letters to the
editor) about the great Manhattan. It reminded me of what the List has
been talking about all week long......the Westminster show. And yes he
won from the Herding group as this writer said in her letter. The
illustrations were so educational. Someone drew an illustration about
the different classes and how you went from class winner all the way to
Best in show. Constant education is a very important tool to keep the
new people interested and keep them learning and for all the rest who
need some reminders......because we're never too old to learn. For all
those who have said that the Review is not so highly thought of anymore
because of the internet. I must disagree. All the dogs are brought
together in one publication and all the wonderful educational articles
that I can read and go back to time and again are there. I can pick up
these old magazines time and time again. I can't do that on the
internet. This is my hope for the new direction the Review will go in.
Educate the students of the breed again.
Back then we weren't worried about the Paws or Peta people or the
senators trying to pass legislation that would stop us from breeding or
owning our pure breed dogs. Life and dog shows were fun and carefree.
The only thing we worried about is whether the judge would appreciate
the dog we were showing under them. "What have they done to our song
mom"?
So many of the greats are now gone. The times.....they are a changing.
We may not be as young, or as thin (except for Nancy Vaught - I hate
her, LOL!), or as energetic and the hair is now (and note I didn't say
turning....it already is) gray, the hair is thinning, the arthritis has
set in and some of us are moving a little or a lot slower than we did
back then..............but the one thing that hasn't changed and no
amount of time will change that.........we all loved the breed then and
still do. It's what has kept some people in the breed for over 40 years
and it's what brought me back into the breed (damn fool that I am) after
all these years. I was going to say it's what keeps us
young.........but that would depend upon what part of the day I'm
writing this......before I'm bending over to clean the runs or groom the
dog or lifting 20 lb. 8 week old puppies and the back just doesn't want
to cooperate, or while I'm sipping a hot chocolate still in my flannel
pajamas! Barbara Galasso
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