[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The decision to show your dogs.....
- From: Barbara Galasso <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hellwigg@xxxxxxx, 'Showgsd-l' <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:54:17 -0500
What a great letter Wendy! Thanks for sharing your GSD history with the
rest of us. All those great dogs that you mentioned were in my era as
well. When I saw Persuasion's name mentioned, I remember his owner Peg
Cunningham. What a lovely lady she was. I remember going to her home
to look at a litter of puppies she had. I was VERY FORTUNATE to have
been invited to many top breeders homes and/or to be mentored by them.
I am forever grateful to them for their hospitality and for letting this
young "newbie" pick their brains........unfortunately most of them are
gone now, but NEVER FORGOTTEN! Barbara
Hellwigg wrote:
> Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so long ago LOL 30 + years, I was 17 and starry eyed,
> full of dreams, hope and awe for the breed. I worked as kennel help for a
> breeder of gsds who was also a judge. I fell in love with the breed for
> their brains and character before I fell in love with or even knew much
> about structure. He (my employer) taught me much about the breed and the
> history, introduced me to many established successful breeders. Back then
> the Canadian, American, German bred dogs were very similar in type and going
> to a Canadian/American specialty with a dog was not much different then
> going to a Sieger show with exception of the procedure. The dogs were all
> very similar in style/type. I started to show his dogs when he needed me and
> I was hooked, I remember the very first time I went to a show, it was a
> sieger show with a German judge. My employer had brought a male who growled
> at every male handler he was introduced to (boy was he tough, but he adored
> me...his caregiver) so.....in the ring I went with him, first time in a ring
> for both of us. During the individual he rumbled at the judge the whole time
> (the judge grinned LOL) I had a death grip on the dog hahahahahaha (fearless
> in my youth) he placed in his class that day and the judge loved his
> courage" as he said in the critique hahahahaahaha oh my ......it was so fun
> back then, a young inexperienced person could go in the ring and were
> coached by all experienced people while in the ring, the "pros" talked you
> through it, encouraged you, celebrated with you when you were successful and
> invited you into their homes where they played videos of great dogs in slow
> motion while discussing the merits of each dog that we were looking at. It
> was fun, educational, inviting and I made a lot of friends. I learned it all
> and actually was immersed in performance well before I became immersed in
> breeding and conformation showing. You can say I was weaned *VBG* on dogs
> like Sundance Kid, Mazarati, Helen, Eros, Lance, Hawkeye, Hammer, Persuasion
> and I was bitten, never to look back LOL. My very first German Shepherd was
> a finished, coated, very dark sable bitch who was 1/2 German and 1/2
> Canadian/American and she flew!! I adored her and poured my heart and soul
> into her........when I think back to her very first show with me I chuckle.
> I entered her in a sieger show as a special. Things were going well and I
> was very proud to be in the ring with her ....coat and all LOL Then the gun
> test happened.....OH MY she was hugely gun shy!!!!!! Back to the end of the
> line I went, so the rest of the breed judging of (50 or better dogs) I spent
> sitting on the ground at the end of the line hugging and kissing her LOL, I
> still loved her and was still very proud I owned her. That girl lived to be
> 13 and she was the love of my life...although on stormy, thundering nights
> she spent laying on my head hahahahaahaha. My first real show dog was a
> sable girl I co-bred with my best friend and I showed her in the all breed
> ring, she won and won huge for me...never out of the points, finished very
> quickly....my first breeder/owner handled champion :-) and then to top it
> off the same year she finished, handled by a pro she went select at the
> Canadian nationals ;-) Oh the thrill.
>
> Thanks for the trip down memory lane
>
> Wendy Haddrall - Hellwigg Shepherds
> http://www.hellwiggshepherds.com
> "striving to be the best we can be"
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Barbara Galasso
> Date: 1/31/2009 1:13:15 PM
> To: 'Showgsd-l'
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] The decision to show your dogs.....
>
> Obviously we all love the GSD breed, but what made you decide to get in
> To showing your dogs? How did you find out there were dog shows to
> Begin with? Do you remember your very first show you attended and
> Then the first one you showed at? How well did you do? Barbara
>
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