Beautifully stated Carolyn! Angie Martin Charan GSD's Home of 08 So. Pacific BIM Charan's Masquerade of Kimber, 11 pts, 3 majors Co-owner/Breeder Charan's Magic Spell of Sandroc, 14pts, both majors -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, Dec 3, 2010 4:30 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: There is no towel to throw in Any of us that got into this Breed because we LOVE the Breed .....will likely ever leave it. e sure won't. e will quit showing in time....and breeding dogs in time. But we won't throw n the towel on this Breed. o me.....it is the ONLY Breed for me. I love a lot of other dogs and reeds......but likely will nly own a Germans Shepherd Dog....and DEFINITELY will only breed and exhibit NLY erman Shepherd Dogs. e started because I loved the dogs and the Breed .......had a litter or wo....went to a show oined a Club...and was hooked. We'll always be "hooked".......but won't lways do this because f age ( ours ) or money ( lack thereof ) We could never "throw in the owel" because of other eople ....or dogs ......or losing .......or winning......and certainly not ecause of any Board. e all suffer through something. We've all lost dogs we love, friends we ove and our own youth nd health.......but we love the Breed, the dogs, the competition, the people, he shows, the puppies eeing other puppies others breed......and most of all a really GREAT German hepherd Dogs and ruly good friends!!! an't stop now! There are more of all of the above to come......friends, dogs, ins, losses.....Evan....<G> arolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ww.Marhaven.com I have watched this thread with interest. I don't know why anyone has to quit nything. I used to be a Cub Scout. I used to be in high-school. I used to drive a 1950 ldsmobile onvertible. I used to be single, I used to be young. I used to watch black nd white television and listen to Innersanctum on the radio. ut, I don't do those things anymore, and I never gave them up. I just moved on o other things. he sport of dogs is and always has been interesting, frustrating, tough, hallenging, and ullfilling. At times we win, and at times we don't. All hobbies and sports are ike that. Those hat give you a win, keep you there, and those that don't, lose their allure. n bowling at some time you bowl a perfect game. In golf you will eventually it a hole-in-one. n bridge you will at some point if you keep at it, have a grand slam. And in ogs you will finish champion at some time. In all of those hobbies, you will have ups and downs, ut so long s the ups outweigh the downs, you will continue. n the end the memories and the friends sustain us. The dogs come and go, and ver the years hey all become memories. But the people I have met, the friends I have made, he memories of those who have gone on without me, all remind me of how great a sport it is, nd has been. erman shepherd dogs and the challenges they provide us all are a great xperience, and so ar tremendous fun. When it is not, I won't give up, I will just move on. t that point the most I hope for is that I gave a good memory to at least one erson. That seems nough for me. But, I will never throw in a towel. van Ginsburg InquestGSD@xxxxxxx writes: have had the most fun showing my dogs. I have made wonderful, wonderful riends. I have been owned by some terrific dogs, and still am. I have earned TONS bout animal husbandry. My children learned about compassion and esponsibility. =========================================================================== OST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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