Cyndi, Thank you for posting what the Mississippi club is doing! What is important is that your club is another club that has risen to the occasion and has decided to be proactive instead of reactive and you are telling the rest of us...We applaud you!...Let's hear it from any of the other clubs that are doing the same thing and more...we need to know what other clubs are doing; Suzanne mentioned the Conyers GA club, I live here in the Atlanta area, I did not know about their involvement. Why do we not publish what the locals are doing and as Peggy says we need to band together......your club like some others is establishing itself on the local level and becoming a respected partner to hopefully prevent if not guide any local issues that may arise in regards to our beloved dogs...the power is in numbers united, the power is in getting the word out...if we who are involved with dogs do not know what is being done how do you expect the public or specifically the elected officials or those in authority over the animal issues to know that they have a respected group of locals to go to for advice...PETA does not "hide itself under a bushel"...If each club partnered with their local animal officials much good could come of it...Come on clubs tell us what you are doing to further the protection of our dogs in your local areas...and for the clubs that have not yet connected...read and learn and join with all of us for a united effort...the more the stronger!...Let us encourage and applaud each and every club that puts itself out there...and TELL about it!!!....Ignorance is not necessarily bliss!!...just my thoughts...Pauline Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/) Ropaja German Shepherds: Member: GSDCAmercia & GSDCAtlanta - BIS BISS Ch Ropaja's Chateau Beaujolais OFA HIC; BISS Ch Ropaja's Chateau Beaulieu OFA HIC; Ropaja's Viva L'Endimanche OFA. Ropaja's Je Suis Jacques Bear; Ropaja's Je Suis Gabrielle; Ropaja's Je Suis Fleur De Lis. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================