The here and now is what matters. Do longtime friendships come before the welfare of the breed? I cannot speak for anyone else, but my parents worked hard all of their lives and did so HONESTLY! They instilled in the three of their children, that honest work pays off, there are no short cuts in life, cherish the last name that you are given because if your last name is ever linked with lying, cheating, or stealing, etc..people will never forget, and no one will ever trust a dishonest person, and WILL avoid you like the plague. PLUS... being threatened to be sent to the Home for Juvenile Delinquents till we were 21, scared the begeeses out of us! Were we angels? NO! We didn't want to see the look of disappointment and hurt on our parents faces. I wrote to every one of the Board members who voted YES for Hunte, and only one person had the decency to answer. Because I am a nobody in the breed who just HAPPENS to own and love the GSD? REMEMBER.. EVERYONE is a SOMEBODY. People seem to forget how they started, but I guess people were alot nicer back then before it came the ALL ABOUT ME GENERATION, and winning is the only thing and everyone else be damned, instead of working together as one, AND don' forget the MY DOG IS BETTER THAN YOUR DOG syndrome, so I DESERVE the win syndrome. Before you blast me, read my writing, most people are hard working and breeding out of love for the breed. No one put a gun to Carmen's head, or twisted his arm. The choice was his. My only question to all involved is, what did this accomplish? People are now taking sides with their friends. Carmen et all....why? Regards! Dawn Bonome ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================