I can't believe you said that! Even at the National, ringside seats get in the way of people running around like crazy people, banging into others, tripping, etc. The part that bothers me is that it seems the majority of people who make a scene when doubling are in the wrong place when they call to their dog anyway... Good doubling is not noticeable...we used to give doubling classes here towards that end...but there are still people who think they have to be obnoxious about it. I rememberonce at an all breed show in New Jersey (or Pennsylvania, mayabe) telling someone, years ago, to stop...no matter what they did they were BEHIND the dog when they called...I pointed to a place where the woman should go, and then, the next time I moved the dog, nobody called her. I turned around and looked at the poor woman and shouted CALL HER NOW!!!!!!! Henry Dancosse was the handler in question, and I thought he was going to die laughing........... Anyway, most of the time the doubling in my part of the country is discrete and pretty reasonable...but I HAVE seen some mighty disruptive doubling...almost always not at all necessary. Peggy (and I DO NOT run and I am an excellent doubler) > On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:26:42 EST, Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote:=20 > >>I have never known GSD Doublers be disruptive when=20 >>around other rings. =20 > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================