I don't think eliminating futurities will help anything. We are doing two this year - both places we can drive to. we might have done another if had been closer. and these are 14 hour drives at least. If they are reduced and too far away to be feasible to drive to we will just skip the whole thing. I have 8 dogs entered in two futurities. showing 4 of them this year. but if they had been too far to drive in a day ( a long day or a day and a half) we would have just not entered at all. Eliminate futurities and you will eliminate entries and entries for the specialty clubs too. Pat Robinson ROBINHAUS ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================