[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: There is no towel to throw in
- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ELG440@xxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:30:56 -0800
Any of us that got into this Breed because we LOVE the Breed .....will likely
never leave it.
We sure won't.
We will quit showing in time....and breeding dogs in time. But we won't
throw in the towel on
this Breed.
To me.....it is the ONLY Breed for me. I love a lot of other dogs and
Breeds......but likely will
only own a Germans Shepherd Dog....and DEFINITELY will only breed and exhibit
ONLY
German Shepherd Dogs.
We started because I loved the dogs and the Breed .......had a litter or
two....went to a show
joined a Club...and was hooked. We'll always be "hooked".......but won't
always do this because
of age ( ours ) or money ( lack thereof ) We could never "throw in the
towel" because of other
people ....or dogs ......or losing .......or winning......and certainly not
because of any Board.
We all suffer through something. We've all lost dogs we love, friends we
love and our own youth
and health.......but we love the Breed, the dogs, the competition, the
people, the shows, the puppies
seeing other puppies others breed......and most of all a really GREAT German
Shepherd Dogs and
truly good friends!!!
Can't stop now! There are more of all of the above to come......friends, dogs,
wins, losses.....Evan....<G>
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.Marhaven.com
I have watched this thread with interest. I don't know why anyone has to quit
anything.
I used to be a Cub Scout. I used to be in high-school. I used to drive a
1950 Oldsmobile
convertible. I used to be single, I used to be young. I used to watch black
and white television and listen to Innersanctum on the radio.
But, I don't do those things anymore, and I never gave them up. I just moved
on to other things.
The sport of dogs is and always has been interesting, frustrating, tough,
challenging, and
fullfilling. At times we win, and at times we don't. All hobbies and sports
are like that. Those
that give you a win, keep you there, and those that don't, lose their allure.
In bowling at some time you bowl a perfect game. In golf you will eventually
hit a hole-in-one.
In bridge you will at some point if you keep at it, have a grand slam. And in
dogs you will finish
a champion at some time. In all of those hobbies, you will have ups and
downs, but so long
as the ups outweigh the downs, you will continue.
In the end the memories and the friends sustain us. The dogs come and go, and
over the years
they all become memories. But the people I have met, the friends I have made,
the memories of
those who have gone on without me, all remind me of how great a sport it is,
and has been.
German shepherd dogs and the challenges they provide us all are a great
experience, and so
far tremendous fun. When it is not, I won't give up, I will just move on.
At that point the most I hope for is that I gave a good memory to at least one
person. That seems
enough for me. But, I will never throw in a towel.
Evan Ginsburg
InquestGSD@xxxxxxx writes:
I have had the most fun showing my dogs. I have made wonderful, wonderful
friends. I have been owned by some terrific dogs, and still am. I have
learned TONS
about animal husbandry. My children learned about compassion and
responsibility.
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