The interesting part about the Top 10 states is that seven are midwestern states that all touch each other and 64% of the 10 top states entry came from them. Georgia and Florida were close to the National this year, so their numbers would probably be down significantly in another place. California comes no matter where it is. Joan Fox <campaigners@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: These are the states in order with membership that enter dogs at the National. I tried it put dogs that were entered at handlers addresses in their owners states. I did not have access to herding names so that is not included. Obedience, agility, rally, tracking are. 1) California 227 2) Wisconsin 161 3) Florida 119 4) Illinois 116 5) Minnesota 111 6) Michigan 110 7) Ohio 104 8) New York 102 9) Pennsylvania 101 10) Georgia 100 11) Washington 95 12) Missouri 83 13) Oregon 75 14) Texas 71 15) Canada 68 16) New Jersey 64 17) North Carolina 54 18) Maryland 33 19) Massachusetts 41 20) Connecticut 35 ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ Ann www.edangsd.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================