I agree with you Amy, I enjoy hearing who won and share in the fun. Some owners and breeders do not brag and I see no problem with handler sharing the wins. But that is just me.  I enjoy it much more then the negativity(and I am talking more then just disagreements) that sometimes is on the list. Sometimes the posts can get much but its all about sharing with our extended families. If it wasn't for the list I would have never known about Africam, which I thoroughly enjoy! : ) Joyce -----Original Message----- From: almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:12 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: BRAGS..One weekend, two new champions! Personally I love the brags no matter who posts them. It brings me joy to ee others so happy and proud of this awesome breed. t shows there is happiness in our sport and breed and it is the more ositive stuff we read about on this list. It beats all the downer negative asty stuff. There is plenty we all ignore and delete,,,I read every brag nd privately sit here and share in people's happiness,,,call it weird, it's akes me happy..........just my two cents Amy Amy Safdir lmanya Shepherds ww.almanyagsd.com ---- Original Message ----- rom: "Susan Madlung" <stormygsd@xxxxxxx> o: <TRAFALGARgsds@xxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:48 AM ubject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: One weekend, two new champions! Mike, I see your point.. but do you think we can have it both ways...and then where does one draw the line? Friends bragging for friends not on the list, groomers bragging about having groomed the winner's dog at the local all breed show? we could easily go from 100 posts a day to 1000 so that everyone could see their name pop up on the list.. There really are plenty of lists that support the camaraderie we feel for each other, to post pictures and be just plain silly.. I believe this list has always been about the "business" of showing American style of dogs and I don't think it should be diluted away from that.(we do enough of that often enough, and get drawn back - remember Africam???) Regardless of how we look at it, brags ARE promotion of a dog, breeder, handler - they are a form of advertising (and that is not a bad thing either!) but with as many members as there are on this list, a line has to be drawn somewhere.. As usual, this is simply my own opinion.. whatever that is worth.. <g> ============================================================================ OST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION 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 =========================================================================== ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================