I couldn't agree more, :-) ________________________________ From: Helen Franklin <helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> To: SHOWGSD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:11 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] VERY BIG WAKE UP CALL On June 14, 1987, twenty-five years ago, I judged Dogs and Intersex at the Northeastern Region National Futurity/Maturity Show hosted by Baystate German Shepherd Dog Club. Mary Ann Imhoff did Bitches. THE ENTRY WAS 241......THE ENTRY WAS 241. Look at our Futurities today! Look at our shows today! That's three generations of dogs plummeting downwards. (To pat my fat fanny a little, my BIM later went GV, and that means 3 of my futurity winners went GV & GVX). Back to reality, we need to: Change the shows so that owners can exhibit and win. Get rid of the extreme gaiting, it's not necessary for a trained eye anyway. Make it FUN for new people and families. Make it FUN for old people with arthritis. MAKE IT FUN so people will return and want to exhibit. HELEN FRANKLIN ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org ; SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ÿÿ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================