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draggar · 12-03-2010, 14:51

Show vs. work - you bring up a great question. Many breeds you can tell just by looking show dogs vs. working dogs. =IMO it's sad to see dogs just bred for beauty (I think the GSD breed has been damaged so much I consider it abuse in many cases).

Maybe the CsVCA should incorperate into the charter working ability / ethic? It's up to the CsVCA to define the standard (not AKC) and promote working ability. I hear too often from people "well, I'm no one to change the standard so why argue the point?". Well, we ARE the CsVCA and the future of it (Marcy, Vicky, myself, and our partners in crime).

Marcy has put up a site for the club already:
http://www.czechoslovakianvlcak.org/

I think it's time to make the club official. I'm not sure about the registration process (registering it as a not for profit organization, etc.) but maybe we could tap my wife (Sara) about this - she's formed a club before (DOTE) so we can check with her to see what is involved as well as the costs (I don't know if DOTE was just for the state (FL) or national, though). If the costs are too high, then we can wait but we should get it done before someone else jumps in and does it (I think this happened to the shiloh shepherd community and look at what's going on with them now).

I know more costs = we'd have to charge dues but we could charge just enough to cover costs - maybe a little extra for other equipment we may need (meet the breed booth at Eukanuba, funds for rescue, etc..).

I think Marcy has an email list of the vlcak owners in the US (from the rescue email you sent out the other day - did you hear anything back from that?). Maybe we should get them involved and maybe even get a forum up for CsVCA (on Marcy's site?). While vBulliten is very nice (what this site uses) it is expensive - $195 a year for the basic package, $285 for the delux (includes a blog, CMS etc..), there are free options (I've been using SMF on a lot of my sites and it is very nice - not as much is included as vBulliten but it's very good for a free one). I could run the forum if needed.

I've also debating registering vlcakrescue.com before a squatter gets it (I may just go ahead with that today anyway). I know there is no serious need for a site now but I could point it to the csvca site.

Edit: I just registered vlcakrescue.com and vlcakrescue.org (.org domains seem to be more "legit" with uses like this so I'm sure a lot of people will type that in, too).

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draggar Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 370	Show vs. work - you bring up a great question. Many breeds you can tell just by looking show dogs vs. working dogs. =IMO it's sad to see dogs just bred for beauty (I think the GSD breed has been damaged so much I consider it abuse in many cases). Maybe the CsVCA should incorperate into the charter working ability / ethic? It's up to the CsVCA to define the standard (not AKC) and promote working ability. I hear too often from people "well, I'm no one to change the standard so why argue the point?". Well, we ARE the CsVCA and the future of it (Marcy, Vicky, myself, and our partners in crime). Marcy has put up a site for the club already: http://www.czechoslovakianvlcak.org/ I think it's time to make the club official. I'm not sure about the registration process (registering it as a not for profit organization, etc.) but maybe we could tap my wife (Sara) about this - she's formed a club before (DOTE) so we can check with her to see what is involved as well as the costs (I don't know if DOTE was just for the state (FL) or national, though). If the costs are too high, then we can wait but we should get it done before someone else jumps in and does it (I think this happened to the shiloh shepherd community and look at what's going on with them now). I know more costs = we'd have to charge dues but we could charge just enough to cover costs - maybe a little extra for other equipment we may need (meet the breed booth at Eukanuba, funds for rescue, etc..). I think Marcy has an email list of the vlcak owners in the US (from the rescue email you sent out the other day - did you hear anything back from that?). Maybe we should get them involved and maybe even get a forum up for CsVCA (on Marcy's site?). While vBulliten is very nice (what this site uses) it is expensive - $195 a year for the basic package, $285 for the delux (includes a blog, CMS etc..), there are free options (I've been using SMF on a lot of my sites and it is very nice - not as much is included as vBulliten but it's very good for a free one). I could run the forum if needed. I've also debating registering vlcakrescue.com before a squatter gets it (I may just go ahead with that today anyway). I know there is no serious need for a site now but I could point it to the csvca site. Edit: I just registered vlcakrescue.com and vlcakrescue.org (.org domains seem to be more "legit" with uses like this so I'm sure a lot of people will type that in, too). __________________ Fred Lanting's Official Site Dog Actors Last edited by draggar; 12-03-2010 at 14:54.