These posts on German and American shepherds and marketing made me think of a recent event. I work for a German company. After Venetia's recent win I was so excited that I sent a photo of the win to my coworkers in Germany. Their comment predictably was "Congratulations on your win with your GERMAN dog"! He He, I need the job so I wasn't going to tell them but one can't get much more American than "V". Got to love the Germans though! Regards, Ann Solt E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.16600 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================