No matter what you want to excel at, a mechanic, house painter, author, dog breeder, you MUST study what makes "a good one." You just don't start out at the top! A mechanic goes to school or learns from a shop teacher, the house painter learns what colors to mix, the author learns about sentence structure and the dog breeder learns about dogs. Doctor's go to school for a decade! Learning and studying to become good at something is the way of the world.....even in dogs. The more you study the better you get...this is not rocket science but it is a great deal of heart break sometimes and long time breeders deserve a red badge of courage. We have learned through our tears and heartbreaks and if we can save one new person our mistakes.....listen-up! Don't flap your gums....listen! We have much to teach. Long time breeders who became successful deserve respect...they paid! Become a student of them, skip over their mistakes and never stop learning. None of us do. Helen Franklin, 48 year member GSDCA "A German Shepherd owns the ground he stands on.... ...he does not run or bite if you wish to share it!" -----Original Message----- From: Pinehillgsds <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> To: SegerWind <SegerWind@xxxxxxx>; vicki.roye <vicki.roye@xxxxxxxxx>; showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 4:30 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: students of the breed True but.... the biggies.... 'dunno, before the Internet I bought everything I could get my hands on. studies, I saw what clicked, what didn't. elen said it yesterday, (paraphrasing); newbies need to become students of the breed. can't imagine opening my mouth to opine to the late owner of BJ's ennels, (where I also met Connie Beckhart & John De Hope). Guess I'm aging yself, not only by mentioning late-greats but by the respect I was taught for heir accomplishments early on. was too busy listening to even think they'd be interested in my opinion. athy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC elebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions isit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) n a message dated 2/1/2012 7:09:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, egerWind@xxxxxxx writes: Not all people can sit home research every pedigree on earth.. =========================================================================== OST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its dministrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any ost. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION 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 ATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.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/ ============================================================================