For those Judges (or aspiring Judges) who might be interested: OREGON DOG JUDGES will present two days of breed seminars, with the focus on HERDING BREEDS: Jan. 2007 Jan. 20 Canaans...Cynthia Grupp Belgian Comparative...Janina Laurans Bouviers.......Cheryl Calm Bearded Collies.....Carl and Kay Widell Jan. 21 Puli/Pumi........Ann Quigley and Chris Levy Card. Welsh Corgi....Don and Susan Lasilla Aust. Cattle Dog........Patti Salladay Old Eng. Sheepdog....Colleen Grady Also, On Jan. 19th, in our Breeder's Education Series, Chris Walkowicz will be our keynote speaker: THE WORLD OF DOGS: DEVELOPING BLUE RIBBON VISION AND: On this same weekend, AKC will be sponsoring an Abbreviated Judges Institute, for "new" and "aspiring" judges, with the focus on the application process and ring procedure. Please access the AKC site (www.akc.org) for further information. These seminars will be held in conjunction with the ROSE CITY CLASSIC in PORTLAND, OR at the Portland Exposition Center........we will have 4 days of All Breed shows and 2 days of Specialties and multiple Supported Entry Breeds. The Saturday show is also taped as part of the AKC/Eukanuba Series...........a great venue and large entries, and a great opportunity for "ringside mentoring" with PC approved mentors (Starting Jan. 1st, 2007, "Ringside Mentoring" will replace "In Ring Observation"). For those interested, contact me at: bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 360-887-3449 I will send further information on request. Thanks, Kay ---Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus ---bedkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---VISIT OUR WEBSITE:http://home.earthlink.net/~bedkar ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================