I accidentally deleted Ed Hill's e-mail about handler's fees. I wanted to respond to it, so I'll do it here. I agree 100% with him when he said that as long as we pay what the handlers charge.....well then that's what they're going to charge......as long as we are willing to pay it. Sorry Ed......these are not your words exactly, but this is how I remember them. I remember a friend of mine that was campaigning her champion with a well known handler. The handler had put most of his points on him, took him to Reserve Winners Dog at the National, (I believe another handler may have taken him to BOF in his region) and when it was time to go to the following years National as a special............here's what happened. When my friend asked this handler to take her dog to the National, this is what the handler said to her. She told my friend that besides her handling fee (can't remember how much that was), she wanted an all expense paid vacation to Europe if she put a Select on her champion dog. My friend said to herself....."Damn, I can't afford to send myself to Europe no less my handler." Long story short......she didn't hire the handler. Instead she hired aVERY unknown young handler and the dog was that good that he went Select #3 without the big shot handler! Love it! Barbara ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================