Hi All; I am fortunate enough to own all the books that you have been discussing on the List. Gwen Strickland's book's was one of my first, as I started in Obedience with an ILP GSD and Gwen was one of the folks competing whom I admired. In fact she has names listed in the back of the book and my Von Ryan's Monroe's call name Brinn came from that book. I was fortunate enough to have Anna Catherine autograph my copy of her book. I had a sable Polo daughter, Eden and when Anna meet her at a show, she fell in love with her as she had a sable as a child. Eden was a love and in Anna's lap at ringside. I also received a book a few years ago called also the GSD Encyclopedia by Royal Canin. They donated books to my Labrador Club for our Specialities and some how the GSD book was in there, so being the only member of the Club with GSD's I was given the book. I love going through these books as there is always something new to learn. Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================