I thought the same thing. Also what about the Futurities being held on only one day all around the country? Seems like the whole idea of a Futurity is compromised when everyone drives all over the USA showing anywhere and in any region. The handlers had a fit before because they wanted to be able to make more money by going to a lot of futurities. Now there are not enough handlers for all the showing ... maybe we should reconsider going to one day in the year for all the futurities for a couple of years and see if there is any improvement. Thoughts??? Terra Fairburn & Nanc Kinley Keggi Fair German Shepherds www.keggifair.com (UPDATED) members of the GSDC of Quad Cities & GSDCA www.gsdcqc.com > One thing escapes me: What is the purpose of having regions when a person > can enter a dog half way across the country? > What happened to the concept of showing in your own region??? > Michel > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================