Ed, a pain in the butt? A snip of hair? Again, I cannot validate excuses here. Esp if everyone KNOWS in advance it will be done. Also we are talking about testing WINNERS only (PC Awards) so if you don't want to, (collective you) then you can always take the chance that you may not win, and therefore will not be tested... It is a start, and yes, I imagine that cheating to circumvent it may be tried...but we must start somewhere. Kathy http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com Home of : CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle WEBSITE PUP-DATED SEPT 22, 2008 On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes Kathy...I don't think there is a valid excuse against testing...but > then again there's no ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================