My GSD was brought up with cats. In fact, every GSD that I have owned was raised with a cat, and are the best of buddies! If a person wants to use a cat for doubling, IMO they are doing it at the cat's risk. Some dogs' HATE cats, and would injure or kill a cat if the cat ever got loose.( The prey instinct). At a Dog Show, if a little child ever saw this, or anyone for that matter, it would have a detrimental effect. Not good PR when it comes to our breed, people would say vicious dogs, etc... Sometimes people just don't think. Dawn Bonome P.S. If I remember correctly, didn't a little dog last year get killed at one of the Dog shows in Illinois by 2 dogs? It was an All-Breed show. Dawn Bonome --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================