Ileana That was a funny , yet sad and very observant testament to the problem. You are right on all counts. This is not a witch hunt...test ALL SELECT , GV , GVX , FUTURITY / MATURITY winners at the nationals...no one will be singled out for testing (unless there is an individual complaint to a Bench Comm...the judge or the AKC) as the AKC's system is complaint-driven. Since we would only be testing dogs in contention for GSDCA AWARDS.. then we don't interfere with the AKC titles, nor do we get bogged down in that machine. It also releives the judge of having to call it, (which is obviously NOT working anyway) the dogs are tested immediately following the wins...IMMEDIATELY... whatever revocation takes place is done, and so noted by the judge. It might mean that we end up with a very small group of Select animals , the first time. Or maybe the first time we see a huge change in the overall "face" of the class... But in the long run will "encourage" honesty, trust and participation . 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 Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:01 AM, <InquestGSD@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I wonder how much more training and love these dogs could get if they > didn't have to spend time of their life being dyed??? > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================