unless you have a heart condition. many young atheletes have died very suddenly from heart problems and the first thing any medical doctor in denver does is to double check your blood pressure. people with heart conditions are warned not to fly or to live in areas of high altitude.my mother could not attend her brothers funeral because it was held in a high altutude city. that means 4000 feet or more above sea level. thats the snow line. ----- Original Message ----- From: Erynbrook@xxxxxxx Date: Friday, July 13, 2007 2:43 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: 2007 National-altitude acclimation To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Diane and all > > Handlers and dogs fly into Colorado all the time for all breed and > specialty > shows. They do not come in early to acclimate. Altitude acclimation > is > necessary if you are going from sea level immediately up to the > tops of our > 14,000+ feet moun tains. At 4,984 feet the Ft. Collins area is even > lower than > Denver, which is only 5,280 feet (hence the "Mile High City). > > Susan Casey > Erynbrook German Shepherds > Front Range German Shepherd Rescue > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all- > new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > > ===================================================================== ======= > POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org > ===================================================================== ======= > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================