Well, if we did vote on it, I would vote "yes" on the sanitizing hands between dogs. After all, its all about them...right? Such a simple thing can prevent a death, esp, now with this dogflu thing going on.. We should do what we can to protect our furkids. If WE don't protect them...who will? Grace Eaton ORSuite@xxxxxxx wrote: I feel this message was WAY long in coming!! If anyone has been to a cat show, at least, the judges disinfect the table AND their hands after EACH cat shown! After being in the dog show realm for so long we get used to how things are, and after all, we have a sturdy breed, showing them indoors and out, under all sorts of conditions that a Cat would never be shown, we get accustomed to not even thinking about those hands that go from dog to dog, when you think of all the other things that a dog can and does put in his/her OWN mouth. I think this should be a practice at ALL shows. There may be extra time involved in doing so, but with all the prevalent illnesses our dogs contract, even unknowingly til after the fact, I feel it would be a good practice to implement. (Not that we are voting on this or anything.) Just my humble opinion. Chris K "Do Right and Fear No One" --from the Stephanitz Family Crest ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ Grace Eaton Sirius German Shepherds --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================