I would do it all over again, if only for the amazingly wonderful= people the sport has brought into my life. (That would be some of you!)&nb= sp; I might skip some parts -- er, rather, lapses in judgment :) -- b= ut for the most part it's been fun. I don't k= now if I would spend my money so freely as I have in the past. = Looking back (and looking ahead), that $1000 a weekend = plus the amount of money I've spent on dogs who bloated/had bad joints/didn= 't turn out/were not sound would be looking really good right now in my ret= irement account. Live and learn!!! Nevertheless, = one of my childhood goals in life was to finish a dog, and that I did...act= ually two, and maybe one more before it's all over. So, yeah, I guess I wou= ld. Cyndy Davis www.texasdogs.com[1] &n= bsp; --- Links --- 1 3D"= ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================