A Grand Victor or a Best in Show dog? Best in Show Which one would you rather judge, a National Specialty show or a Best in Show competition? National Specialty Show your own dog (if you were capable) or have someone show it for you? Show my own! Own a top producing stud dog or a top producing bitch? Stud dog-love the boys! Own the Obedience Victor or a therapy dog? Therapy dog. Wish I could get Clapton trained as a therapy dog! Own a sable or a black dog? Black dogs RULE. Have a small litter or a large litter? Small Breed a champion or buy a champion? Breed Rescue a dog or donate time helping out at a shelter? Rescue-as usual! Have the National Specialty Show keep rotating every year all over the country or have a set place for them in three locations?..west, central and east? Three set locations. Feed a holistic dog food or a raw diet? Raw all the way! Keep the futurities or eliminate them? Don't know, have never participated. Keep the German Shepherd Dog Review magazine as a hard copy, or as an e-magazine on the internet or both? Both Allow long coats to be shown without penalizing them for their coat length eliminating them as a minor fault? I've no absolute conviction one way or another on this one! Have show clubs award the winning dog owners with money instead of a trophy? Money rocks, but what's wrong with both (grin)? Kristal Crow ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================