What a wonderful National! Beautiful weather & dogs and a great show site! For our first time at this site, I think things were very well done. However, if I could make a suggestion or two..... 1.) The sod was not good. It was think, hard and several of us were hurting bad by Saturday. My legs and feet were sore and swollen and not in good shape. Some of this is to be expected after a week of intense running, but the sod usually feels much better. I understand they were not permitted to water the sod each evening as usual....this should be addressed if we are to return. 2.) The ring was HUGE. I see no reason that that ring could not be given 4 sides such as in Canada. 3.) I think we need to figure out a way to get out of there earlier on some days. Many of us were there working hard for 12+ hours. I know this years entry was fairly large, but someone should get and keep things running. All in all though, again a great site and a great National. I was more than excited to go Select with Sel. Ch Breal's Easy Does It. Congrats Manny Campo, Kevin Reynolds and Barb Hefner. Thank you for allowing me to present your beautiful Scoop daughter. Congrats also to Linsa Burley for placing with Dolly with her beautiful Dolly! Lastly congrats to Tina, Leslie & Donna for hanging in there with me til the end with their handsome man Zander.."Zillion Dollar Guy". So close! But he's very young, so how bout next year! Congrats to all the winners! Jeff Pyle ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================