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- From: sla54@cas.org (Sandra Augustine)
- Subject: Re: Obedience v. Breed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.175324.26733@cas.org>
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- Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
- References: <168C1C219.CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu> <1992Dec18.212031.27794@cas.org> <168C48124.CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:53:24 GMT
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- In article <168C48124.CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu> CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Chris Barnes) writes:
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- <Lots of text deleted>
- >
- >In fairness, the show ring isn't totally to blame. Popularity of the
- >breed among people that just want a nice pet, and then proceed to breed
- >that pet has also had a significant impact on the detriment of many
- >breeds (note the GSD back in the Rin Tin Tin era).
- >
- This is an interesting point, Chris. I can't remember the exact numbers,
- but I do recall that the Golden Retriever Club of America calculated that
- only a small percentage (let say 5-10%, but this is just my guess) of the
- golden retrievers registered with AKC were bred by GRCA members. Almost everyone
- that I can think of (although I'm sure that there are many exceptions) who
- shows goldens in conformation is a GRCA member. This suggests that only a small
- portion of the registered golden retrievers were bred by "show people".
- I do know that in our local golden retriever club (which is made up
- of show people, field people, obedience people, and people with one golden who
- primarily serves as the family pet), only a limited number of litters are
- produced by club members every year (much less than 1/month). In contrast,
- there are often 10 litters advertised each week in the local Sunday paper.
- My suspicion is that the people who have the most influence on "popular"
- breeds like goldens as far as sheer numbers of puppies registered are the
- so called "backyard" breeders.
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- Sandra Augustine |Home of: Conformation, obedience, and field titled Golden
- NORWOOD KENNELS |Retrievers who do therapy dog work, a disobedient but
- ems: sla54@cas.org|beautiful Siberian husky and a *cute* Norfolk terrier puppy
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- The above opinions are not those of my employer.
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