I did not take offense. I do feel they are trying their best to convince the fancy that PAWS is a good thing, and I don't quite see why they are supporting it so vigorously. I emailed them a few times, and am actually glad to see they are responding to the "little guys" who make up their customers. However, like Kathaleen, I think more is going on than we are seeing. Doris *********************************************************** > I have too, but I didn't take offense at their sending an e-mail to my > e-mail addy. I gave it to them willingly when I signed up for their on > line > newsletter, where they have a disclaimer about not selling the e-mail > addys but > from time to time updating me yada yada. (They have a legislative > alert/newsletter section ~ they have the same e-mail collection > disclaimer since they > e-mail the legislative alerts.) Same thing for the on-line store and the > club > section. Come to think of it, it's on the litter and dog registration > forms > too and I never did bother to read why...you know, I just gave it to them > when > I faxed a form for a sanctioned match too....no biggie. (I got the ORECK > mailing too, lol.) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================