In a message dated 4/13/2005 1:13:31 AM Central Daylight Time, Jastek5@xxxxxxx writes: Understanding that some of these clubs have consolidated shows, but i think that fact that our Speciality is ranked #51 really needs some introspection from our part. How can a breed that is perenially in the top 3 or 4 in popularity, who' i believe hold the most speciality shows in the country have a Speciality show that is ranked so low???? I don't understand the root cause of this? What do people think??? The root cause is simple...the majority of us east of the Rockies had to fly. We could only fly United as American was md80's and we were taking a 500 crate. The airfare for us and the dog alone was over 1,000.00 to start. If we could have driven we would have had youngsters also. The economy and where the national is being held is becoming the big problem. Patty Szymczak ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================