Gee Evan I don't know , seems to me anytime Americans can compete equally on a world level it is a good thing. Americans are made fun of all the time, but in the end, we look damn good. Lance vs the French, any American Olympian vs the World....we have some of the best there is. In my humble opinion. They. and the WDA in part represent more than individuals...they represent our country, our flag, our National pride. Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com ~or~ http://www.germanshepherdssocal.com PUP-DATED: JUNE 14, 2009 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle WE SUPPORT DRUG AND DYE TESTING On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:19 PM, <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am not saying no. But, how do we benefit? > > In the SV they can't breed to any American dogs. In most of Europe they > make fun of the American style dog. Those who compete at the World trials > use only dogs bred in Germany. > > I know it sounds good that the GSDCA is at the World Trials, but please > tell me how it helps us? I know we placed well a couple of years ago. I > didn't see any increase in membership, any less complaints about American > bred > dogs, or any increase in friendship from Germany. > > Maybe I am just missing the point, but it would be nice to know how we > benefit. It sounds good, but I haven't seen it. > > Evan L. Ginsburg > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================