[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: majors / not showing dogs / long
- From: <almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:18:29 -0400
At times Sheila you can be pleasantly surprised by a nice win on a
youngster.
I'll never forget GVX Katie going WB & BOS over Selects in the ring that day
from the 9-12 class..............Thanks Edie Trocki!! And hey she did Edie
proud going on to be a US Grand Victrix and breed winner at the
National.......
When i judge the winners class............ages don't come into my decision
making process at that time, the one that comes closest to the standard does
and if thats a 6 month old puppy then so be it. We aren't judging ages or
the future, we are judging on that day and comparing the animals to our
blueprint (the standard).
I have heard judges say they won't put up a puppy because they might fall
apart. Well that's their perogative and i respect them, but i feel it's not
my job that day in the ring to be trying to look into a crystal ball on the
future.............and Open or Am Bred animal could drop dead the next day
at the young age of 2 or 3 god forbid.........and then what.
So it isn't my duty to look at the future.
I say if you have a nice youngster get them out a little and have a good
time with them, the results might be very pleasing all the way around.
Amy Safdir
Almanya Shepherds
www.almanyagsd.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheila Lieberman"
> It is great to want to show only when you feel your do is ready and your
> handler is ready for your dog to win. But how in the world do we expect to
> have majors, or 5 point majors if we are all waiting for our dogs to be
> ready to take those points?
>
> As FB put it several years ago now, in the Reveiw, we need more loosers.
> We cannot all win every show. But without dogs to beat, there are no
> points. Without puppies in the ring for the experience, not the win, the
> winners win nothing but ribbons and trophies, no points.
>
> Yes, the judges should be ones that would consider your dog, but all of
> us need to support the efforts of, well, all of us!!!!
>
> I have, G-d help me, 3 puppies. I will show them where I can, and when I
> can to support clubs, judges, and friends. I doubt I will win much, they
> will not be worthy of points till all 3 are mature. I do not want to pay
> handlers at all if I can help it, it is just too costly. I really don't
> want my pups scrutenized either, I know how imature they look right now.
> But I also know that when they are ready to take points I want them
> trained, I want them experieced, and I want them to approach handlers with
> confidence so the handlers will be wowed by them.
>
> In the meantime I want to help the kids I have come into to learn to
> handle with my puppies, show my puppies, and be ignored by judges as much
> as possible so that everyone can have fun with no little damage.
>
> If no one really notices my dogs now while they are young, everyone wins.
> The dogs learn, the kids learn and have fun. And every now and then
> accidents happen and I win anyway.
>
> In a year or so when the girls look like I KNOW they will, handlers will
> notice them in the ring and will come to me asking why I am using kids
> when the dogs could be taking points. Then and only then will I start to
> pay handlers to show these dogs.
>
> But if I do not use these dogs to support shows, clubs, and judges, and
> if we all hold our dogs so close that we are all waiting to win and only
> win, no one will win any points.
>
> Just my opinion folks.
> sheila
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