I know it's the ears, we have been told so by several airlines. We can ship a 90 lb Foxhound dog in a 500 crate. We cannot ship a 90 lb GSD male in a 500 because his ears touch the top of the crate. Even when the dogs stood together and were the same height at shoulder, they refused the GSD. I said I was going to tape their ears under their chin next time! Jenn ~~ Ron Peet and Jenn Somogyi Foxhunter and Kiefernfels Kennels Ontario, Canada www.foxfels.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Martello" <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <EJDegen@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:46 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: crate sizes > It's the ears. I swear it's the EARS!!! > I've even told them that at Cargo......and they've admitte it......it's > the ears touching the top of the > crate when they sit up. We should put those Afghan Hound 'head wraps' > on them when we > fly them..............<G> > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================