Hi All, As an AKC Delegate, Show Coordinator and owner of an Oops who is a Canine Partner, I want to made a correction to Beth's statement that they can only be shown at "stand alone events". This is incorrect as they can be shown at Performance Events held in conjunction with AKC Confirmation events as long at the Show giving Club allows it. It will state right on the Premium List , AKC Canine Partners may compete at this show. I will also say that what led me to the Confirmation Ring years ago was when after losing my Troll granddaughter at 15 and my cousin adopt a GSD pup for me from the Bid A Wee in Long Island. I took Sheba to Obedience Training as we had not had a pup in a long time and she needed something to do. I got hooked and her wonderful trainer help me to get an ILP on her. She had to be spayed, I had to fill out the reason why I could not register her and send two photos, front and side views. Sheba looked exactly like a throw back to Flora Beckenmeyer and if it was not for the ILP and going to shows and wandering over to the Confirmation ring, my 30 years of showing would have never happened. I would have loved to known were she came from, lived to 16 and ahalf, she did have bad hips, but competed until age 7, jumping 36 inches and could still jump on the sofa at 16 and was never sick once in her life. Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================