Got my Review today - YAHOO! Looked at the trophy immediately. The cover is STUNNING, btw. It's also painfully obvious that whoever photoshopped the trophy into the cover or the photo itself accidentally wiped part of the handle off. It's clearly not broken. I can see parts of that handle blended in. Shoot, I've done that a bizillion times myself - not with the trophy, but with other images - and then gotten screamed at for it. Part of the concern is that the cost of ads is so very high and, therefore, so is the expectation. Like Carolyn and Denise, I have also experienced heartbreak from errors. The one I still think about was in the show results a few years ago. I finished my very first homebred champion, out of my very first homebred bitch. The dog was in the Review, and so was his name and sire and dam. But the BREEDER (me!) was listed as someone entirely wrong. Imagine? For the record, I obviously do my own ads, so if there's a mistake in those, it's on me and no one else. -------------------- Scharo777@xxxxxxx I remember a long time ago the Von Stephanita Trophy was setting next to the fireplace in the home of Jack Phipps. Jack was a local handler, but more important, he owned a silver plating and refurbishing business. The trophies had been sent to him for repairs and refurbishing. (They came in big wooden crates) When Jack was done with them, they looked magnificent.! But this was probably 25 to 30 years ago. Probably something of the same sort needs to be done again. (Sorry, Jack has been dead almost 20 years now) Carol Moore ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================