I'm piggy backing off of your post, Ed. What I can't understand it that the chat rooms, Facebook and Twitter are all burning up their respective places discussing the new USDA regulations and this hasn't even been mentioned (except by a couple of my posts) here. I am on a couple of the largest FB and Twitter accounts and while there are (literally) hundreds of breeders commenting, I have seen very, very few of your names. I'm sure you are out there, because some of you have 'liked' a few posts in the GSDCA.LegislationAwareness page. Or maybe you don't think they'll find you if you pretend they aren't there. If you are interested, I can guide you to some places that are really digging into the Regulations and what they will mean to pet Breeders and regular breeders. I will be on a conference all in the A.M. with USDA and will post ?someplace? my take on it. STay tuned. And yes, I'm a bit cranky. It's VERY nice that a lot of people read and appreciate what I have learned and write about, but my main readers should be youse guys. :-\ Stormy Hope GSDCA Legislation Liaison to AKC see the links below for the Facebook pages. CaRPOC is for all animals and some cute photos and memes, GSDCA is for dogs minus the fluff. On Sep 12, 2013, at 6:34 PM, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:s > never understood the fighting and name-calling that goes back and forth > between the two groups...Ed Stormy V. Hope https://www.facebook.com/GSDCA.LegislationAwareness https://www.facebook.com/CaRPOC.CaliforniaResponsiblePetOwnersCoalition ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================