And this is news lol? And why would anyone care what someone else perceived as "'elitist"? Or is that an elitist question on my part????? Me, I don't "do" dog parks. In fact the mere thought makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I have no control over how people train and socialize their doggies, no control over the health or lack thereof of such doggies, nor the training of lack of training the owners have so wouldn't chance the health and welfare of one of my precious pack there. Is that elitist??? Hmmmmm...guess it's pretty obvious I don't care <VBG>. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit _http://www.pinehillgsds.com/_ (http://www.pinehillgsds.com/) In a message dated 5/10/2010 12:50:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, israelfriedberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Whenever I go to the dog park and tell people I show my dog, whether it is the specialty ring or the allbreed ring, they think it is an elitist endeavor. Sam ============================================================================ 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================