USCA in Decline, the Pussification of Schutzhund in America - Page 4

I agree with all of the objective content of the article. Have been saying the same thing for years about the disconnect of the direction of Sch and its training, and the applicability to transferring and preparing the dog for real work. People in the "in" crowd got upset at the use of sport dogs to describe the direction things were going. Blinders on! These same people looked with disdain at Czech dogs years ago because they did not excel at "sport", and bad mouthed me when I mixed the lines over a decade ago. Now look at the pedigrees of top dogs in sport and police and you more often than not see some Czech blood mixed in. 
My point is that the specialization of the breed in SPORT as welle as show has taken a toll on the real working ability of this breed. This was and could have been seen years ago but people are consumed by money, trophies, and their personal likes. The breed has suffered, the events have suffered in that they no longer give breeding guidelines for functional working dogs many times, and the organizations have become less than forthright at best. 
I don't cotton to personal attacks in the articles, but much of the evolution stated is occurring everyday and the apologist in both camps are trying hard to justify the goings on. Just one little small opinion.

Reluctance to call out the people in power is what leads to
the situation at Penn State, where people were afraid of
Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky and the abuse went on for
15 years.

In the lead up to the Paul Meloy melt down, many people
knew what was going down, but were afraid to "take sides"
or of retribution.

I stand by the comments

"Reluctance to call out the people in power is what leads to the situation at Penn State, where people were afraid of Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky and the abuse went on for 15 years."

I respect your opinion, Jim, but comparing politics in a dog club to pedophilia is a bit extreem.

* extreme

I respect your opinion, Keith, but it all boils down to politics, no matter what the crime is that's being concealed..... Fear of those in power ....

Keith is exactley right your comparing a hedious crime and situation to a dog sport soap opera.  

If it's only a soap opera, then there's no problem and everything should go on as is.

So joanro:
                   Your saying that a small group of disgruntled dog club members has the same concern and importance as years of child rape and cover up by a major collage institution ???. HELLO!!! Have you been doubling up on your meds as of late?. 

I find the analogy too strong as well but I got the point he was trying to make.  I see this at my job quite often.  People tip-toe around an issue because they don't want to make a big scene or offend the person at the top but I'm sorry when you are the leader or the boss or president then that responsibility does fall on you whether you intended to cause problems or just inherited them or were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I know my boss is ultimately responsible for my work but no one held a gun to his head and made him be the boss with all the power (and the salary).

First, I don't do drugs. Second, if you read my post you might have noticed I said it all boils down to politics, no matter what the crime is. So HELLO back at ya. In other words,to simplify, people are reluctant to speak up because of politics ( backlash), sort of the way you are going after me now :-/ One more thing, you state: " Your (sic) saying........ the same concern and importance as years........" NO, I did NOT say any of that! That statement by you is a good example of how one group will twist things from another in order shut them up. this is answer to Bob's post.