Really about the altitude- our son played hockey and some of the games were in Colorado mountains- yes it took a day or two to adjust for some - most players did not notice the altitude-Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy" <pmick@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ELG440@xxxxxxx> Cc: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 12:56 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Answers to the Top ten reasons to stay away from Colorado > > ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > > >1. Rocky Mountains. Your dogs will end up with cut pads,. from the rocks., > > > No, they won't be able to breathe, as the air is too thin. > > >2. Air. Everyone knows Colorado it high up, and none of us will be able to > >breath. > > > We'll be able to breathe. The handlers won't, tho. And if people > with wide parts (read, bald) go outdoors they'll get sunburned pates > because it's that much closer to the sun there. > > >3. Trees. They have trees, and trees have tics, and tics cause lime > >disease. All our dogs will be yellow/green in color from lime disease. > > > Can we make key lime pie from the yellow ones? > > >3. They will pass breed specific legislation while we are there, and we > >won't be able to take our dogs home. > > > That's OK if we can leave some of the owners, too. > > >4. Denver is known for good ski resorts. None of our dogs know to get out > >of the way of a downhill racer and it could cause a lot of injuries. > > > Not to mention the humans who won't be able to get out of the way, either. > > >5. There are no cheese factories in Colorado, so a number of our dogs will > >be unable to eat sufficiently. > > > Neither will some of the owners. Maybe there'll be fewer "cheesy" > people, tho...that's a good thing. > > >6. Snow. Everyone knows about how much snow they get, and driving on the > >mountains might cause a great deal of accidents. > > > Not to mention that the people who have to fly will be stuck at the > airport. Everybody who flies a lot knows to avoid Colorado airports > (see, I didn't say Denver) from October until April...sometimes May!. > > >7. Yodel. No one outside of Colorado will be able to talk to anyone else, > >unless they can yodel, and no one can do that, as we know. > > > Anyone can learn. I think people from West Virginia can yodel.......... > > >8. They have very few milk cows, since they have no more ranches. The > >sheepherders have destroyed the grazing land, so we won't have sheet to herd. > > > Sheet? Your dogs herd sheet? Oh, wait, I get it........... > > >9. there are no Grand Victors from Colorado in the past few years, so the > >quality will be bad. > > > No comment. > > >10. If no one comes, I will have a better chance to win. > >Why would the board do this to us? > > > If no one goes, we'll all have a chance. If Evan goes, he can have > another blog, tho. > That's why the Board did it...they like the idea of another blog. > > Peggy > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================