...I know many of the things I say get on the nerves of many .....not my purpose...I've always marched to the tune of a different drummer...reading the posts lately about drugging dogs , switching dogs, dying dogs...etc etc....just confirms what I have always believed...the number one reason to show dogs is to WIN....( nothing wrong with that)....too bad many people take the attitude and behavior of winning to an ugly extreme....do we really now have to have drug testing in dogs?...we already have DNA testing...and we know how that got started!.....I wasn't in conformation very long, but "oh my" how things have changed during my short stay......my first dog show was when I was about 7 or 8 when my dad took me to the San Francisco Cow Palace...one of my greatest memories!.....took about another 40 years before I got my first show dog......I'll always keep up with dog shows, and I'll even attend one once in a while....but it's just not the same as it was for me, but then again, I have the "Larry Brown Disease"............Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================