Norma, I agree with all you've said except #5. I've had a few labs through the years and they are bought mainly due to temperament which make them SUPER family dogs; they are EASY to live with. (There are also quite a few people who hunt them.) True, there is less grooming involved in showing them. I've only had a few Lab champions, so what do I know? <G> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:47 AM, <nhansburgh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1. only five percent of puppies whelped ever even get to the show ring > 2.The economy has been working against us for years. Its a very crowded > world too much input from too many sources and not enough time. > 3. My first Shepherd title was won in Obedience(1965) and now there is an > obedience title for everyone > 4.My first shepherd champion defeated 250 shepherds to earn her title. IN > order to keep the quality up it took me GRoup showing to defeat 250 dogs > and a dual title to equal the first one and three CH titles to defeat 250 > dogs with the third one. It was only way I could think of to do it. I do > enjoy small quiet shows as well as big competitive ones as long as the > playing field remains level. > 5. Labs have little or no grooming which is why they are so popular with > the public which has gotten lazier and fatter every year. > 6. The general public spends more time watching sporting events on big > screen tvs then on participating in them. > 7. No one writes letters any more and hardly anyone sends cards. This is > much too time consuming and takes too much thought then email. They can not > even write out words because abbreviation so so much faster. Pretty soon > all the publications will be extinct. > 8. The most popular novels are many times so badly written they are not > worth reading. > 9. I am glad that I had a chance to grow and live in a different world. > norma hansburg > www.normahansburg.com > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ > > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================