You guys must be terrible judges of character! I think it's awful that none of you people who are arguing about this can trust your gut reactions...........how many of you had to go through all these questions when you got your first dog, show or otherwise? I realize it is fashionable to have prospective owners fill out questionnaires and all that crap...but believe me, if you sent me a questionnaire, you wouldn't like my response. Not one bit. Not only that, you probably wouldn't enjoy getting the kind of questionnaire that prospective puppy buyers are sending out now, either... these dogs are going to be someone's pets, hopefully...and if you haven't got enough gut instinct to spot a really bad person, then you probably shouldn't be selling dogs to people, either. Run a credit report? Ask if they own their own home? Why not ask them what religion they practice? How about what level of education they completed? Do they eat red meat? Will they send you Christmas presents, or just cards? Anything? Why not ask what time of day they take their daily shower? How often they wash their hair? At what stores they shop for clothes? If you are that bad a judge of character, then you probably need to change your hobby to one that doesn't involve living creatures. I'll be damned if some jerk would get a puppy from me just because he was an MD, owned a mansion in the best part of the State, even his own private plane...if I thought he was a stinker, he could go and fry ice before he'd get much more from me in time, never mind a puppy........... Peggy > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================