Of the several breeds of which I am familiar, they all have specific awards, exhibitions of different accomplishments. It's to what those in those breeds aspire. There are lots of dogs in those breeds who don't qualify and/or don't aspire to those events or awards. Different strokes for different folks. Stormy Begin forwarded message: > From: "Doc Zoe" <wynsum@xxxxxxx> > Date: June 2, 2011 9:18:24 AM PDT > To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] All animals are equal > Reply-To: wynsum@xxxxxxx > > On 2 Jun 2011, at 11:59, Jackie Short wrote: > > Well Jessica, maybe I'm just bothered by it because it says that > Service > Dogs, SAR dogs, etc are allowed to be in the parade > > <REPLY> > The Parade of Greats requirement is an AOE - if there are different > requirements, please, let me > know where theya re found. > > The Stud Dog and Brood Bitch Exhibition Class now allows Registered > therapy Dogs, Police > K9s etc (see January Board Minutes June 2011 Review Page 50 Top of > second column) > > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. > > Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This > group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or > opinions expressed in any post. > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================