[ SHOWGSD-L ] WDA & World Competition
- From: tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: helen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:49:17 +0000
Folks compete with the dogs they own. They go to regional qualifying trials
then go to the big trial for selection for the WDA team. There are just not
that many folks competing with American Bred dogs........ Course, if they are
bred/born in the US of A tehy ARE American bred!
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Suzanne
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> This is just a personal point of view. While I think it's wonderful that
> the United States competes through the WDA team, I am sad that all of THIS
> country's competing dogs are GERMAN. Why not aspire for AMERICAN bred dogs
> to compete for AMERICA? It's like having our Olympic teams made up of all
> foreign born competitors. I'd love to see the WDA do well and
> prosper....with American dogs. Has the WDA ever tried using American dogs
> or do they automatically feel that our dogs are inferior and could not
> compete. If that be the case I would wonder why. Has any of OUR team ever
> tried competing with American dogs? Have these questions ever been posed to
> the GSDC of America WDA board members? Do the other competing teams in
> Europe also use exclusively German dogs? If so, seems to me it is an
> international competition with international trainers, not dogs. Just my
> thoughts.
> Helen Franklin
>
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