Donna, I am as excited as you are, believe me! I think we ALL need to do this and hopefully stop so many of the health problems in our breed. I know Barbara and Caroline could use an hour or 2 of your time to help hold dogs and help people get the forms filled out. Barbara's email is SANTANAGSD1954@xxxxxxx . Let's ALL come out and help with with this AWESOME task. Mo > Wow that is great...something that would be a great tool to have offered > also at all Fut/Mat's...between the entries there and puppies people = > bring > to show off and sell...caring breeders would want to utilize the effort = > in > Health Care and Heredity Illness/Diseases... > Can you imagine if we can actually marker bloat/torsion/digestive = > diseases > in certain bloodlines and have proof...let's hope breeders stand behind = > this > type of program and we get a good team of blood takers...so people don't > discourage others from doing this. Let's hope breeders with those issues > don't ~ not do it, to hide in fear of the loss of business or talk of = > their > lines...let's actually try to better our breed from the inside out. > I am in full support...congrats to everyone whom has worked on this > program...!!!=20 > Donna Calabrese ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================