[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: showgsd-l Digest V3 #92
- From: helen@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:18:52 -0800
In response to what has been written below, I couldn't disagree more. First
because a really good one IS recognizable from the young classes. Age has
nothing to do with it, quality does. I personally have put up puppies at
Futurities that went GV & GVX from the puppy classes (under 12 mo). I placed a
6-9 puppy RWB at the Nationals and later she went GVX. They did not fall apart,
they were too good for that. Another puppy I recall went WD from 9-12 and later
WD at the Nationals....and so on.
A really good one....is a really good one at any age, period!!!
The Futurity/Maturity is an important "Breeders Show." We get to see who is
producing what and the direction we are going. It is extremely prestigious to
win a Futurity or Maturity (assuming the quality of the Judge is decent). It
would be really wonderful if it wasn't so expensive. Perhaps not allowing dogs
to be handled for a fee might be a consideration. Something like not being paid
as a football player until turning pro. The Futurities would be singled out as
a non-income producing show for individuals. (Now this thought will make me
popular with the handlers.) Throw enough ideas out and see what happens, but
don't give up this wonderful tradition.
Helen Franklin
> showgsd-l Digest Tue, 10 Jan 2006 Volume: 03 Issue: 092
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> #2: From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: another futurity suggestion
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> Msg: #2 in digest
> From: "" <hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: another futurity suggestion
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:27:01 -0600
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> To me there is something wrong here. A futurity is just what it means.."the
> future" the judge should be trying to find a youngster..no matter what age
> or from what class that he/she feels is going to materialize into a
> promising adult dog. The mind set of judging a futurity should be different
> than that of judging a point show.With a point show there may be concern
> that a young dog given championship points may not materialize and be
> worthy of the championship title later on( even in this case it shouldn't
> matter as the alternative would be to award points to a lesser quality
> older dog because of his age..not his merit) . A futurity should not be
> held in as high esteem..after all it is simply a GSDCA regional puppy
> match. So if a youngster wins it and then later doesn't materialize..so
> what??? . If a judge lacks the courage to put up a junior or teenage
> youngster at a puppy match, that is not the systems fault, that simply
> means that some judges feel more comfortable putting up a sure thing in
> order to safe guard their own reputations for "finding the good ones." To
> me as we continue to try to find ways to revamp the futurity system..either
> by including more dogs as with the reserve system..or keeping some dogs
> from competing with other dogs..or whatever..we continue to give futurities
> more importance than they merit. Want to get more entries? Get back to the
> notion that it is a match and nothing more.C.Grainger
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