Damn! I haven't had tears come pushing out much, but that did it!! Thanks, Dave. And darn, we can do it, but you gotta get out there and learn from each other, support each other, and educate and protect your right to own and enjoy your animals!! Please notice...."animals" Sounds paranoid, but "they" truly are after no ownership of ANY animal. So, Regional Clubs, email me, if you lost how to join the GSDCA_Legislative Group!!!! S On May 5, 2009, at 10:28 PM, David Fritsche wrote: > I have enjoyed serving as the GSDC Reno legislative representative. > I have met more dog people from other breeds and venues than I knew > existed. There were about a dozen pieces of legislation proposed in > Nevada aimed at pet ownership and breeding. Of those, all have been > defeated but one, which is being argued in committee tomorrow. It > has been our goal to see all of them defeated and the cooperation > with other clubs has been outstanding. > > If you haven't had a chance to work with Stormy and get involved > with this you are missing a great time. > Dave > > > >> And there are about 70 GSDCA regional clubs who have not (yet!) come >> up with a person to be their legislation representative for the >> GSDCA. No money required. Just the knowledge that if we don't care >> that the anti-animal legislation is sweeping the nation, we won't >> NEED a national club. It shouldn't be necessary to beg to save your >> freedom of choices and to educate your club members. >> >> Somebody say Margarita??? >> >> S ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================