I agree with Barb on all her points, and I also have a delete key, and use it a lot. Which is a point I would like to make. It's been said many times that we all have a delete key, but sometimes on certain days it get's used way too often (by me anyway). I am not one of the lucky people that have that much luxury time, full time job and then the dogs, house, husband etc. I'm sure that covers a big percentage on this list as well. The point I'm trying to make is that I LOVE reading and learning about the GSD, Barbara Galasso always brings up good "dog issues" and I don't mind taking the time to read and learn and discuss AND agree to disagree, that is all good productive time spent. I also like reading about show results, dog wins etc. I do agree with the Admin and several others on this list to drop the off topic stuff and using private posts more. I send quite a few private posts especially for congrats on wins etc, I don't understand why more people can't seem to do that. I'm not trying to start an argument here on what a person should our should not post, but I think there are times people should think twice before sending it to the list versus private. JMO Chris PS, I also am thrilled about the Canadian win postings, THANKS Chris S. (Jolley) Kimerer www.tanbarkgsd.com AOE Sel.Ex.Ch.Carousel Farms Samantha, PT, TC OFA H/E Ch. CaralonQED JD Drew Bleibtreu OFA H/E Ch. Cresthers Blast V Kenlyn OFA --- On Fri, 9/11/09, Barbara Amidon <amidon481@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Barbara Amidon <amidon481@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Good Breeders To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, September 11, 2009, 3:33 PM I feel there are a lot of kennels today doing a lot of winning..I also feel with the amount of breeding and large operation of some of these kennels they should be putting out TOP dogs..As long as the animals are taken care of and healthy it is alright with me..Most breeders only can breed occasionally so they cannot compete with the larger big operations..That does not mean they cannot put out good animals..Mike Cheeks only keeps 4 dogs and look what he has accomplished..I stayed on the list because I want to hear about the shows who won etc..I myself dont want to hear about little poopsie and some of the not dog related articles...But I have a delete key for that..Some people I feel have a lot of spare time so they post on and on and on..So sad..Thanks to Molly for giving us the information about the Canadian National ..Made my day..Barbara Amidon ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================