Very well said Kay! Hopefully it will make people think about what is important. It's not breeding to the big winner of the moment but breeding to the dog that will do the best for your bitch and your breeding program. If that dog turns out to be the big winner great - if not then the search should be on. I especially loved your comment "study, ask questions, watch and listen". I've done this since the 1970's and still do today. Knowledge is the most important thing to gain. Agree or disagree you can always learn something from someone else. Gail Gail J. Wells Echowind - Tacoma, WA http://echo-wind.com/<http://echo-wind.com/> Msg: #6 in digest Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:32:48 -0400 (EDT) From: bedkar@xxxxx<mailto:bedkar@xxxxx> Subject: Re: ABOUT TITLES #1 can depend on who owns the dog and who is promoting the dog. #2 can depend on who owns the dog and who is promoting the off spring #3 can depend on who owns the dog and who is promoting the dog. #4 " " " " " " " " #5 " " " " " " " " In other words, there are too many variables that come into play to obtain these titles...MONEY, ADVERTISING, INFLUENTIAL HANDLERS, ETC. There are TOP Dogs that are average in quality and there are top quality dogs that go unnoticed. What is import is to pay less attention to titles and to pay more attention to what animals complement your breeding program... study, ask questions, watch and listen. Kay In a message dated 8/13/12 3:58:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx<mailto:helenfranklin520@xxxxxxx> writes: l. #1 Stud Dog: Most important to the future of the Breed 2. ROM: Important producer for the future of the Breed 3. AOE: Outstanding sound top Show Dog 4. Grand Victor: One person's opinion on one day (some have been BAD) 5. BIS: 3 opinions on one day (usually not GSD judges) note: 3 & 4 may change due to use of Grand Victor as stud dog -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -AKC Breeders of Merit - bedkar@xxxxx<mailto:bedkar@xxxxx> -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com<http://www.bedkargsd.com/> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================