[ SHOWGSD-L ] elitism and politics in the dog show ring...
- From: "Laurie Pruett" <pruett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:07:26 -0400
I show my dogs in both rings. I have at home two animals that won their
classes at the GSDCA national specialty AND have all-breed Group I's. Now -
these are GSDCA national class wins and all-breed Group wins handled by Ariel -
NOT Jimmy or Kent or Leslie or Lenny. So - we didn't win because of handler
political connections - we won because these are darn nice dogs. There are
politics in both rings and good and bad judges in both rings. But - you still
can win with nice dogs both rings.
I see good dogs in both rings - and I find that I can sort them out in a big or
small ring. The truly correct GSD can handle a big or small ring and look good
doing it.
IMO - the politics in the all-breed ring - at least at the breed level - are
not as bad as the politics and the shenanigans I see going on in our specialty
rings.
Laurie Pruett
Windy Acres
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