> Only right now any kind of member looks pretty good. > Carol Funny story... Alycia just recruited a new member. 4 years ago - call from some pet people. Saw my name on GSDCA web site and looking for a pet puppy. I made some phone calls then gave them a list of people who had puppies. Never heard from them again. 5 month ago- they called asking if I would come evaluate their puppies. Now I am concerned. They wanted a pet, they bred their pet and they want my approval of the puppies - UGHHH! Went and saw the puppies, not bad for back yard breeders with no clue. How do you evaluate these tiny little things? 6 weeks later, another call - will I come again and evaluate again. I did, took Alycia with me. Now the puppies are moving and, I ask who they bred to, expecting before this that it was probably Prince, down the street. But these puppies were not what I expected at all. Nice! They said they bred to some dog over the mountain, some black dog. I looked over the pedigree on their "pet" bitch and, well, not bad at all. Then I looked at the young all black male again. They could not remember the name of the people who had the stud or the dogs name, So I told them, - His name is Cash and he is a GV Boss son, and GVX Orchid Sire and the people are named Martello with Marhaven German Shepherds. The lady came alive saying, "Yes, that's them and that's the dog!" They had some pet people looking at this boy and we explained that he was not going to a pet home - he was coming home with us. Oh, and to nominate him for the futurity you have to be a member - So, she joined. So Alycia recruited a new member and all it cost us was the price of a pet puppy from a backyard breeder. The thing we do for new members. Is he worth showing? We're going to find out. Dave ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================