I'm 20, I've still got good young knees, and all I ask for in return, is a hot dog for lunch! LOL How can I say this politely...lol.....I'm 52, some days my knees work and some days they don't...you move to California and handle my "czech" dog and I'll give you all the "hot-dogs" you want.......lol....did I really say that.....lol....I'm gettin out of hand...FB MarcatoGSD@xxxxxxx wrote: *ROFL!* I'm sorry about your bum. Handlers most certainly DO charge a lot these days (I've never used one, but I've seen the rates). If any of you ever happen to be in the midwest and need a handler, look me up. I'm happy just to have something to take in :-) I'm finally starting to get "out there" and have a couple of dogs to show at my spring show this year (one being a Viszla). I'm 20, I've still got good young knees, and all I ask for in return, is a hot dog for lunch! LOL - Jackie In a message dated 3/22/2006 7:00:33 PM Central Standard Time, sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx writes: Deb, I have experienced a lot of expensive handling and there is not prep with the dog. I bring the dog, they sometimes won't even groom the dog, then they show and charge me out the #$%#$ plus expenses, and I get nothing but the satification that I have contributed to the system. My butt hurts. Sheila ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================