[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: was Carmen, ticklish situation
- From: NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:23:29 -0400
i am really glad that you posted to this question. wish some more
people would speak to this issue.I areally agree with you on the angst
of raising and placing puppies but I do not think either of us is a
Farmer who raises animals full time.I would like to hear from someone
who perhaps does do this.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
Date: Monday, October 9, 2006 10:19 am
Subject: was Carmen, ticklish situation
To: NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx, sharlen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: cudjoegsd@xxxxxxxxxxx, cyndyinseattle@xxxxxxxxxxx, sally@dan-
ann.com, DestinoGS1@xxxxxxx, InquestGSD@xxxxxxx, showgsd-
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>
>
> In a message dated 10/8/2006 11:47:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> sharon i love you but all of the directors are delegates from one
> club
> or another. I personally feel that this situation will hurt Carmen
> to
> some degree. To bring things back to our own club we have quite a
> few
> members who breed 20 o
r more litters a year. In fact our own
> membership
> breeds about five thousand litters a year which is about one ninth
> of
> the number of litters registered with AKC. Despite this only ten
> percent of these litters get nominated for the futurities. Exactly
> why
> do you think this is?
>
>
>
> Norma, while it's true, all of the delegates are members of one
> club or
> another, NOT all are officers or on the Board of that same club.
> There will be
> issues where the same person would be torn as to which mistress to
> serve in a
> manner of speaking <G>.
>
> To your second point, Ileana raised the same thing in a post the
> other day
> (sans the Futurity reference) when, commenting on Hunte, she made
> the
> observation that we have many members breeding multiple litters to
> finance showing a
> dog. (I'm paraphrasing; my e-mail program only keeps things a day
> or two, or
> I'd cut and paste.)
>
> I waited for the comments to roll in
, but I guess folks wanted to
> leave that
> one alone.
>
> But, connecting the dots, if someone is breeding to finance their
> hobby, I
> can't imagine nominating those same litters.
>
> Personally, I have mixed feeling on that. My day job <G> is more
> lucrative
> than breeding a litter so, realizing that we have a hobby that can
> get
> expensive, I don't feel qualified to pass judgement. It's also a
> huge drain
> emotionally. (I haven't figured out how to breed/raise a litter
> and place puppies
> without a lot of drama, worry and angst!) Plus, puppies from
> decent stock
> raised well fill a need for companion homes.
>
> That said, I recognize we do have members that get over-dogged,
> (maybe) in
> debt, then they try to breed their way out and that line, "best
> interest of
> the breed" gets crossed. AND...it's a very ticklish situation.
> When do you
> speak up?
>
>
> Kathy
> member GSDCA, DVGSDC
> three generations of D
ual Titled TC'd Champions live here!
>
> visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
> (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
>
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