Hi, The futurity wasn't separated from the rest of conformation. It was held on Tuesday afternoon and puppy classes began Wednesday morning. Obedience, agility, and rally ran at the same time as conformation. Those events in no way slowed down or interfered with conformation judging. The only way to condense the days of conformation judging is to start early and run into the evening instead of stopping judging in the afternoon or to go back to judging some of the dog & bitch classes at the same time. (and how many exhibitors would like that with too few handlers as it is now without classes running concurrrently?) lea lea ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================