[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: from Helen Franklin
- From: "Rockenstein, Zoa L. " <zlrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <helen@xxxxxxxxxx>, <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:49:44 -0500
Helen,
I share your dream! Thanks for reintroducing it. I think breeders can play an
important role here, too. In breeding my first litter, I strove for depth in
OFA, TC, and training degrees in addition to the other things I was looking for
in my foundation stock. It was real interesting, having been involved in
different aspects of gsds for my entire life (pet, obedience, handling in
conformation, showing, and now breeding) to come to a decision about my bottom
lines. What did I ideally hope to produce in my puppies? I decided on
"soundness, performance, beauty, and style" in that order. I will be looking
for those training degrees in pedigrees, in addition to the important
conformation stuff, when shelling out a stud fee. Even though I am just one
player, we know that a small, critical mass of people can make changes, and
dreams, reality.
Zoa Rockenstein
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From: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Helen Franklin
Sent: Mon 8/7/2006 8:54 PM
To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] from Helen Franklin
In 2000, my last year on the Board of the GSDCA, I proposed a new program
called AOA. The purpose was to honor dogs that were Champions, OFA certified,
temperament certified and had a training degree, or in other words, the total
dog. As one of the originators of AOE, it was a dream of mine to initiate this
program as well because not every dog can attend the nationals to get a select.
Due to the name of the program, it was tabled and then as I left the board,
forgotten. I proposed this program again and Dania Karloff presented it for
me. Once again, it was shot down because of the NAME. Those with AOE dogs
felt the name was to close. Rita Sandell was appointed as an ad hoc chairman
to investigate the "name." It was once again tabled at the last board meeting
because Rita had to leave early. This program will probably get lost again
over the "name" and it's so sad for our breed. I had a dream, and my dream was
that one day all our champions would carry OFA numbers,
training and temperament certificates.
Maybe someday in the future....
I remain devoted to GSD's
Helen
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