In a message dated 6/14/2005 10:56:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: so now because of the futurity rule I can not show him in his maturity ( if I wanted to ) next year....why is this rule ?...if the litter is nominated I should be able to show in his maturity whether I entered into the futurity or not...some one explain this to me...we are always talking about small entries.....Ed That's correct, they need to be entered (not necessarily shown) in their Futurity to be ELIGIBLE for their Maturity. Kathy three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here! visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ (http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================