I personally don't care whose cat is which dog's buddy. My own cats and dogs are buddies. The general public doesn't know any of this. Al they see is what appears to be someone "baiting" a dog in the ring wth a cat. If we don't care what the public thinks of our tactics ,or our breed image ,then I guess,go for it. Sometimes we should be looking at the bigger picture? If anything is to be considered being "blown out of proportion",then I would say the meaning of "double-handling" is starting to go there. Jean ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================