I've been following this thread long enough. And just came in from thanking the dogs for the BIG alert that there was some stray dogs daring to encroach on our property. Jackie, the point that people are trying to make is that the dogs CAN if the owners want to put them through the training. The owners don't care to do that. CHOICES!!! Trying to start a European/American thread needs Evan's permission anyway! My dogs can herd (they've done it), do agility (I don't want to do it!!), obedience (yep, been there, done that), probably any sport or work that any other dog can do. Some have more drive than the others. I am happy that they ALSO can be happy growing old with me, taking walks and being a companion. Making lists of dogs who are out there working is beautiful... I love to see it (Brava!!!) But we don't have to do it to prove anything, and so we don't. I would like to see just as many lists of the performance dogs getting conformation points. (notice...points, not finishing...just points:-) Stormy On Apr 18, 2009, at 7:02:29 PM, "Jackie Short" <marcatoshepherds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Are there any dogs of today with SchH titles? -- Jackie Marcato Shepherds Where beauty is found in function http://www.jackieshort.com -- Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================