If you have time please go and read Evan's last post to the blog. Why anyone with any sense at all would treat Evan badly because of the troubles in the club is completely beyond me. Just goes to show you that some people can't see the forest for the trees.... it is not Evan who is to blame. I've been told that some people at the show behaved very badly to others...trying to trip them (and yes, I mean that literally), refusing to speak when spoken to, not supporting certain dogs' wins, etc, and just in general behaving like pendejos. (Look it up) . I was told that certain people showed up at the Annual Meeting ready to "lord it over others," and sat down smirking and ready to make a scene or two...luckily, they didn't get a chance to do it, and they left and just faded away for the time being. There is a time and a place for everything. Loyalty to friends is a great thing...but not when those friends don't deserve it. Blaming someone who tries to explain a situation, when that someone is only trying to help, is ridiculous.... Hopefully, things in the club will settle down now, and the new Officers and Directors will be able to bring us all back together and make us worthy of our dogs. It is, after all, supposed to be about the dogs...not about egos, personalities, and power. The dogs are better that we are...and there are an awful lot of us who need to take a lesson from them. Next year, if God is good, Evan will be there to blog again for those who can't make the trip...and we can enjoy the National, and everything between now and then, with open hearts and minds...and no fighting and mean behaviour. Evan, thank you again so very much for letting us at home share in the excitement of the National...and thanks to all who helped you do it. Peggy Let us be worthy to own these wonderful animals, after all. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================