Not to beat a dead horse, but did anyone else get the letter from the board of the ACKCSC today? I read it to my husband and his comment was "It's about time!" All the best, Susan Cochran
----- Original Message ----- From: "PAMoesinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] cavs at AKC shows > Well Robin.......for a newbie you seem to already have a "feel" for the > difference in quality between the two show venues. The AKC ring seems to > get the "second string" from alot of breeders and the more typey ones are > shown in CKCSC shows. Although......every CKCSC show has exhibits that > should be a pet in someone's home. Probably due to the fact that the CKCSC > shows are judged by breed specialists and AKC shows are judged by many > inexperienced, uneducated people. I have personally been in the presence of > breeders that evaluated their litters as to CKCSC potential and AKC > potential. Personally, if a dog isn't good enough for the breed specialist > judges......I wouldn't show it in AKC either. > > And this is not an invitation to open up the CKCSC vs. AKC debate. Both > venues have their faults! > pam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robin McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:06 PM > Subject: [CKCS-L] cavs at AKC shows > > > > I hope you all don't mind a newbie jumping in on this > > AKC conversation. I just spent three days at the > > shows in Ft. Worth this past weekend. Before this, > > I'd been to one AKC show and one Club show, each time > > as an observer. The AKC show was last November, so I > > really didn't have much of an eye for anything (not > > that I do now either LOL). The Club show was in > > Columbus, so was more recent. I thought the cavaliers > > at the Club show were gorgeous. I used my time > > watching to try to pick up on differences in structure > > and movement. I was even lucky enough to sit next to > > a couple from the UK who gave me an informed running > > commentary -- one of the best "lessons" in cavaliers > > I've ever had! > > > > So, then there were these three days in Texas. There > > were some nice looking cavaliers, but in general, I > > was struck at how "different" some of the entries > > looked. One blenheim entry was almost entirely white, > > with only one marking on the show side and "blonde" > > versus chestnut coloring on ears. Another blenheim > > was not heavily marked, but had *lots* of ticking all > > over the body. A third cavalier had *no* stop, not a > > cavalier head as far as I could tell. As I remembered > > the beautiful heads and markings of the blenheims I > > saw in Columbus, I found myself wondering if I was > > seeing a difference in the quality of cavaliers in AKC > > versus CKCSC? If that is the case, it still doesn't > > make sense to me that Club breeders would place "show" > > potential cavs for AKC shows that they wouldn't mind > > seeing at a Club show. Am I making sense here? I > > guess as a newcomer, I am expecting to see cavaliers > > that first exhibit *type* at an AKC show. Then > > judging is on structure and movement? But then maybe > > I was spoiled by all of the beautiful cavs in > > Columbus. Or, maybe I just have a *lot* more to > > learn. > > > > It just doesn't make sense to me to see "cavaliers" in > > the AKC ring that don't really look anything like the > > beautiful dogs I've seen, and then complain that > > judges don't know *type*. How will they ever begin to > > consistently recognize *type* when exhibitors aren't > > bringing typey cavs to the ring? And, how will > > newbies like me ever know better about bringing a > > nontypey cavalier to the ring if a breeder sells > > something like this as a show-potential cavalier? > > > > Set me straight please! > > > > Robin (and Teddy) > > Minnesota > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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