[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: dwindling entries???
- From: Gsdman2@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:29:00 EDT
In a message dated 6/4/2005 5:32:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
pruett@xxxxxxxxx writes:
The politics are disheartening and the cost to
participate alarming. I don't know how we fix this - but if I'm close to
throwing in the towel (and I'm pretty hard core) then just think how hard it
is
to attract and keep newcomers who will show our breed in the American
specialty
ring.
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The answer to politics and to poor judging in general, is education. If a
majority of exhibitors are true experts on the breed, poor judging will suffer.
Whenever a lesser structured dog wins because it "outshowed" its competition,
we accept that as part of the game. In fact, that is poor judging. Top
handlers will always "outshow" everyone else. That is their job. That doesn't
mean however, that the better shown dog should win. If there ever came a dog
that was considered by all to be "the best dog in the country", should it lose
if
it is outshown?
When the best shown dogs always win, the best handlers will win almost
always. The result of that is something we already see ... handling fees that
many
people cannot afford. If the owner of the "best dog in the country"
(imagined earlier in this post,) could not afford a top handler, the dog's
chances of
going GV will drop drastically. Its chances of going Select will also be
lessened. Some may deny that, but it really is the world that we live in. A
handler is in business to earn a living, so it would be counterproductive ..
almost foolish... for them to show a dog for an owner who could not afford to
pay
what they can charge to show another dog. On the other hand, if the best dog
usually wins, even if outshown, then the handler will have to consider his or
her chances of winning, in order to continue to charge a premium price for
their services. Breed education is the best possible solution to any breed
problem, and always will be.
Tom Langlitz
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