This is just a reminder about the Purina Alliance, a program that allows us to Futurity nominate our litters without having to pay a nomination fee! As you may have read in the last Board-O-Gram, from now until October 1, 2010, litters may be nominated at NO COST until they are a week old; after the pups are 7 days old, there is $25.00 charge with a sliding scale of late fees. BUT ... litters may be nominated before they are born! After October 1st of this year, all those who wish to participate in the Purina program and avail themselves of the savings MUST nominate their litters prior to birth; the one week grace period will no longer be available. A number of you have already nominated litters which are not yet whelped and this is great! Once your bitch is confirmed to be in whelp, just send that nomination in. This new guideline will definitely facilitate and streamline the Purina program and ensure that the GSDCA receives the allotted funds. We really appreciate your help in making this transition as smooth as possible and thank you all for such overwhelming cooperation; it benefits everyone! As always, litters may be nominated online at the GSDCA web site or the nominations may be sent to me by USPS. Either way, don't forget to include the pedigrees!<G>. Again, we thank you! Diane GSDCA Futurity Committee Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for everything German Shepherd and then some! _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) Skater's Blog ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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/ ============================================================================