[Sugar's Mom]

mary, it does depend on the region you live in. I have called about puppies and asked what the pedigree is and people don't even know what I am talking about. And I have noticed a lot of my buyers when I go to rattling off the champions and pedigrees and etc, they will stop me and say, "we don't want a show dog and all that means nothing to us,, we just want a nice healthy dog'. there are some show people in my area now that for the past year or so have found it impossible to move their champion sired or champion damed pups. i have been selling everything i had to sell for about the same money they ask for their dogs. of course I haven't had much to sell this year. I agree with Tami that having an AKC champion is the goal I have and most everyone I know but I will never forget where I came from and where I started from. And I will never say that my UKC titles mean nothing to me. I worked hard for them. oh, I almost forgot, the entry fee for UKC is $25. When you do two shows a day for several days, it adds up.