"Do you believe that every dog that is shown should finish no matter what.........to help the stud dog owner get his dogs ROM? The brood bitch her ROM?" Heck no! The ROM is supposed to be about producing ability, and quite frankly, I would never EVER take a dog that ended up being mediocre and try and finish it to get the stud/brood bitch get her ROM. If the ROM is about production ability, why would you want to try and finish a mediocre dog from that animal? I personally think it's an insult to the breed, your breeding program, and your stud dog/brood bitch! The ROM should be about a dog that produced the best of the best, not one that just barely scraped by with the requirements with a bunch of mediocre animals that happened to finish in 59 shows. - Jackie ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================