I do not breed. When I did, I always nominated my litters. When I got Diana, it was too late to nominate her, so she was not shown in the Futurity/Maturity. When I registered Harley, he was over 4 months old. His litter had not been nominated. By the time I found that out, it cost me an extra $125 to get his litter nominated. Then, I had to do it in the breeder's name, of course, and she "lost" all the paperwork when it was sent to her!! Without the help and advice of his co-owner, Tedi, and a very nice lady at Rau, I would not have been able to show him. I think that owners of individual animals, if PC members, and if the breeder is a PC member, then the owner should be able to nominate the individual animal. JMHO. It was a waste of my time and money to have to nominate the whole litter when no others were shown. Paula, 209 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Scharo777@xxxxxxx Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:53:16 EDT Subject: Futurity Changes I would like to start a conversation about the Futurity System. From those who do not participate - I would especially like your comments as to why not. Obviously, if you do not breed, you do not have puppies. Please be specific. Don't just say "too expensive" IF anyone has ideas or wants to make recommendations Now is the time. I am here to listen Carol Moore National Futurity Chairman ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================