2009 German Shepherd Dog Sieger Show in Ulm: An impressive event but far too many dogs with poor temperaments

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2009 German Shepherd Dog Sieger Show in Ulm: An impressive event but far too many dogs with poor temperaments

The 2009 German Shepherd Dog  Sieger Show in Ulm: An impressive event but too many dogs with poor temperaments.

By Dennis Fisher.

The annual German Shepherd Dog “Sieger” Show held in Germany every year is a spectacular event. The finest German Shepherds from Germany and also from many other countries are exhibited.  The title “Sieger” is awarded to the top, adult male and the title ”Siegerin” to the best female.

This event, that takes place annually in various cities Germany, is held in a huge sports stadium, often a soccer stadium. It attracts thousands of dedicated enthusiasts from all over the world – China, Australia, India, South Africa, Russia, and in fact every country of the world where the German Shepherd Dog is bred.

This year it was held in Ulm at the Donau Sport Stadium and it was it was extremely well organized affair.

I have been attending these “Sieger” Shows since the 1970”s and this was one of the most enjoyable Sieger shows I have attended. One of the reasons was because the weatherin Ulm  on this occasions was absolutely ideal.  Another reason was because the  hotel at which my wife and I stayed, the Maritim, is conveniently located within walking distance of the Show, making it very easy to attend every day.

Over the years I have seen a remarkable improvement in the quality of the dogs being exhibited. There is no doubt that top German Shepherd Dog show winners today are more strikingly handsome, athletic animals than they have ever been. They are so uniform in appearance that judges, for the most part, are only able to separate them by paying attention to minor faults in construction.

The “Sieger” this year, “Vegas du Haut Mansard”, a dog that also won the title last year, was a worthy winner. He is an absolute superb specimen.  His spectacular, ground-covering gait and effortless movement impressed the huge, enthusiastic crowd.

An impressive feature of “Vegas” was his strong temperament that he demonstrated in the “test of courage” that all adult dogs are obliged to pass before being considered for high honors.

In this “test of courage” all the dogs exhibited at the Show, in the adult class are threatened, individually, with a stick by an “assailant”, suitably protected with a padded arm and protective clothing.  If the dogs show any hesitation or nervousness they fail and are placed in a very low position.

An unfortunate feature of this Sieger Show was that there was an unusually high number of dogs that failed this test.

The German Shepherd Dog, not so long ago, had a reputation of being a breed of dog, not only beautiful in appearance, but also an excellent guard dog with a very strong protective instinct.

Unfortunately however, in recent years many breeders appear to have concentrated too much on breeding a beautiful animal with a spectacular ground-covering gait and neglected temperament.

Many German Shepherd Dogs today appear to have lost the natural, in-born, protective instinct that was once a highly regarded feature of the breed. There are far too many German Shepherd Dogs that are of no value as guard dogs.

A German Shepherd Dog with a strong, protective nature must not be confused with and over-aggressive animal. This type of temperament is frequently the result of timidity and nervousness, rather than bold, self-confidence.

WHAT IS THE IDEAL TEMPERAMENT FOR A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG.

Ideally, a German Shepherd Dog should be an extremely self-assured animal, a loyal companion, devoted to family members, excellent with children, approachable and tolerant of strangers, but with a natural ability to discriminate between friend and foe and an instinctive ability to immediately recognize danger when it appears.

With appropriate training a dog with this temperament can be easily trained to respond to dangers than threaten members of the family.

It is also an unfortunate fact that in recent years, quite a large number of dogs entered in the annual “Sieger” Shows in Germany, failed to pass the “test of courage” which is an important feature of the Sieger Show.

At the 2007 “Sieger” Show, there were no less than 47 whose performances in this “test of courage” was not of a very high standard.

Last year, in 2008, the figure was somewhat better as there were only 36 who failed. This does show some improvement. It is disappointing to note however, that many of these animals, who failed, came from the very best show winning bloodlines in Germany.

This year, in 2009, the situation was considerably worse. Of the 350 males entered in the Open class there were no less than 63 that failed the “test of courage”.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION?

It is clear that if there is to be an improvement in the natural, inborn protective instinct of the German Shepherd Dog, breeders must pay more attention to breeding from animals with strong temperaments. They should concentrate on animals that have performed particularly well in the test of courage at Sieger shows and make use of these bloodlines.

Because of the limited scope of this article it’s not possible to go into detail about the bloodlines of the winning dogs and the dogs that failed the “test of courage”.  If you would like to know more about these animals you are invited to visit my website http://www.freedogadvice.com

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This week Twitter held its first developers conference, dubbed Chirp, in San Francisco. Many of the third-party developers attending the event were shocked to learn that Twitter bought Atebits–makers of the Tweetie app, soon to be rebranded as Twitter for iPhone. The big news from a business and marketing perspective, though, was the announcement of promoted tweets.

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What Online Digital Marketing Event Shall I Go To In The Us This Year?

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I currently work in online marketing covering Search and Affiliates. I would like an event that will both educate me and build new contacts in the US as I am currently UK based. I am swaying towards Adtech San Francisco or possibly an event in New York.
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Celica Marketing makes event marketing truly a ‘different’ experience

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As a leading event marketing company of Glasgow, Celica Marketing is taking products or services to the customers through innovative strategies and result-oriented presentations. The company indulges in various event marketing techniques to take the products and services of the clients to the target market.

As far as the event marketing solutions delivered by Celica are considered, they are innovative and vibrant – strategies made different to suit the respective streams of industry. Celica takes as clients many national and multi-national companies from a broad spectrum of industries like banking and financial institutions, telecommunication networks, registered charities and sporting organisations. The company’s portfolio is truly diverse.

When the client companies are in need of an immediate boost up for the products and services offered, Celica professionals who are specialists in taking products straight to the target market, are ever ready to make that positive difference to its client company. The sales personnel are intensively trained to provide the best of services to its credible clients. The senior management frequently conducts discussions with the sales team to find remedies for the challenges in the daily business of its representatives. With the combined effort of the senior management along with the sales personnel, remedies are derived and challenges are changed into good business opportunities.

This unique flow of interaction and flow of information goes on. The senior management conveys overall market information, which is then conveyed to the sales team. The sales personnel are well trained in delivering the fundamentals of Celica’s business, which involves event sales and marketing, client representation and event organisation and management. The company introduces the products and services to the customers through various methods like live events, trade shows and many other methods.

With these fundamental aspect of business in mind, Celica Marketing is taking client companies’ products and services successfully to the target markets.

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Web marketing and event management needs with Infra Design

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Carrying out effective and efficient communication in businesses is considered to be one of the most important aspects in almost all the organizations for carrying out their work in an appropriate manner. Thus it is essential to have excellent communication skills amongst the people working within the organization and also with the audiences.

It becomes essential for the organization to have well maintained contacts with the audience so that the changes that are taking place in the business world and the ones that must be changed for the business to work accordingly. For this taking the help from professionals is considered to be the best sought solution.

Infra design is one of the leading and professional companies providing services with the major focus being on the communication needs. One of the best ways for staying in touch with the audiences is by organizing events. Events are the best way for staying connected with the audiences and also for promoting the new services and products that are launched by the company. Event management is carried out with the basic aim of building up better relations with the people and also for giving a boost up to the sales. Event management is considered to be one of the most essential and vital part in all the management and marketing strategy.

This management can be best done by Infra Design. Infra design can cater to all the necessities and requirements for organizing events and also keeping in mind ways for strengthening the company’s relations with the people of similar and dissimilar interest groups. There are professional and well qualified event managers that give their best shot for promoting their business. They take care of all the tasks from scheduling, setting up till execution and also make sure that the event is carried out in the company’s budget. Besides communicating with the audience, the organization also has to communicate with the stakeholders thus it is essential to design annual report. Annual report design has to be created with complete attention thus taking the help from professionals is extremely important. Professionals and experts at Infra Design know how important the annual reports are and hence carry out designing process effectively. Annual report design  that is created by designers is done after studying the business properly.

Other than this, advertising and web marketing are also essential aspects of marketing strategy. The business organization can avail numerous benefits from advertising. Advertising is used for enjoying long lasting advantages where they can gain popularity and money at the same time. The advertising agency is used for creating maximum possible impact on the audiences by carrying out a successful advertising campaign. Advertising can also be done in the form of brochures for providing information to people regarding the services and products that the company offers. Brochure designs that are created by professionals at Infra Design is done with the understanding and significance of advertising. The professionals create Brochure designs for conveying the messages regarding the business that are made attractive with varied text formats and striking graphics.

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