In a message dated 8/8/2010 8:11:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Tindrock1@xxxxxxx writes: Evan you love to criticize me and I love it! Actually, I went to all of the west coast nationals but you are right, they were a long time ago, back in the 90's if I remember correctly, right? There was the one in LA; there was one in San Diego (wasn't there); then Scottsdale, which I realize isn't CA just for the record. Other than those 3, the rest have all been in the north, like Utah, Colorado, etc. I didn't mean to criticize Cheryl and didn't think I did. There were two shows in California in Burbank. Dick Jennings in my office, when he heard Ernie Loeb was judging said, without missing a beat, "The last time he judged the national, he cut the next three Grand Victors in the first cut." Who knows stuff like that? And I did check, and he was right. We were in San Diego for a national , I tore a hamstring in Specials under Fred Migliori, and I was drugged up for the end of the show. I thought it was just me, but the fog rolled in and we couldn't see the dogs. Helen Franklin gave me a pain pill, and it worked. I hate a local national. I want to travel. The last one in California required me to drive home and repair a water leak. I dug up the pipe, replaced it with PVC, and then went into the house to take a shower and realized I had turned off the water and couldn't turn it on for 24 hours. I drove back to San Diego filthy and dripping mud. I would much rather travel to the National, but there are many people in California who want to attend a national and won't fly dogs. I probably will never fly a dog myself. I prefer an airplane. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================