[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What to do?
- From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:43:16 -0500
My first impression is that the "anger" is misdirected. Why get mad at
you..you didn't break the major? Sometimes dogs aren't pulled until the
last minute.,right before the class. You can always ask the ring steward
how many have picked up.However even then,some one can pick up or not pick
up at the last minute, and say you are showing a 12-18 dog..and there are
open dogs that haven't picked up yet..do you not show under the assumption
that the major is broken since the open dog hasn't picked up..or do you
show hoping the open dog picks up?Or what if you don't show and the open
dog picks up at the last minute and YOU end up being the one to break the
major? What happens..happens...and whoever is bitching and moaning needs to
get over it. When it is that close to breaking a major..your damned if you
do and damned if you don't. Seems that no one has considered that the
person who ended up with 2pts spent all that money to come to a show
needing a major only to have it broken, so every one gets it broke off in
this scenario..no need to assign blame. Christine
hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Steve and Christine Grainger
WWW.HICKORYHILLGSD.COM
> [Original Message]
> From: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/24/2008 11:28:34 AM
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] What to do?
>
> An occurrence at a recent show got me to thinking about this...
>
> Say you own and handle a very nice dog who needs only majors to finish.
> You enter your dog in a particular show. At the close of entries, the
> counts indicate a major in dogs.
>
> You take your dog to the show. Shortly before ring time, a handler pulls
a
> dog and breaks the major. You aren't aware of this and take your dog into
> the ring. Your dog takes WD and two points.
>
> Nobody is happy about this. People are angry at you because the points
were
> "wasted" on a dog needing only majors. You are angry because you would
> have pulled your dog had you known the major was broken. (You didn't
> realize the major was broken until you were already in the ring with your
> dog.) You are also peeved at that other handler for pulling his dog and
> breaking the major in the first place.
>
> Here's my questions... (I'm a newbie to showing, so please bear with my
> ignorance. <grin>)
>
> Does the scenario, described above, happen very often?
>
> Are all exhibitors/handlers made aware of the actual count *before* anyone
> steps into the ring?
>
> If all dogs are in the ring and accounted for by the ring steward, but it
> looks like the major will not hold, is it okay to pull your dog at that
> point? (I'm talking about before the judge enters the ring.)
>
> If I entered a show with a dog needing only majors and the major did not
> hold, I would want to pull my dog ASAP. I would hate for my dog to take
> points it didn't need. That's why I'm asking these questions.
>
> Thanks in advance for your responses.
>
>
> Paulette McGuirt, GSDCA Member
> Allemande German Shepherd Dogs
> Qui Me Amat, Amat et Canem Meam
>
>
>
>
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