I still don't understand why people should be able to enter multiple Futurities? In most breeds, we only have ONE Futurity and that's the one that goes with our National. GSD people should be thankful they have however many to pick from around the country. I keep seeing excuse after excuse about "what if your dog isn't ready", and so on... That's a chance we all take with a Futurity (or any show for that matter). I don't understand why GSDs should be any different. Dals blow coats, go through false pregnancies, go through the puppy uglies, etc.. I also find it interesting that it is definately a handlers game in Futurities... Our Futurity is all about breeder and breeders would rather show their own dogs or have an amateur do it then pro-handlers.... JMHO....From a person who has handled two DCA Futurity winners. Jessica MacMillan Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage1_052009 ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================