In a message dated 8/9/2005 1:37:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx writes: "realistically the numbers WILL change. They will go down eventually." The above quote is attributed to Mr. Holt and I am not questioning its accuracy or that he said it. In fact, I'm not debating PAWS at all (tired of that, lol!). I would venture to say, in many cases the numbers HAVE come down. Every so often, the subject comes up on the list, at club meetings, at shows... of declining entries, declining regional club members, declining this or that and it's sooner or later attributed to cost and time (or lack of). The quote from Dr Holt had nothing to do with entries or even registrations. It had to do with PAWS and the "limits" therein. And NO it was not taken out of context. He was talking about the numbers (6 litters/25 dogs) IN the legislation. And YES it will go down. And AKC knows full well that the AR's types have every intention of seeing to it that those numbers do go down.... and rapidly. Ginger Cleary ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================