In a message dated 6/27/11 10:13:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, destinogs1@xxxxxxx writes: The important thing here is that one woman flew to Austria to represent the United States of America, the German Shepherd Dog Club of America, and the GSDCA-WDA. That one woman is Erin O'Shea and her dog Zambo and "brought home the bacon" for all of us to boost about. THANK YOU , Erin for representing us sooo well. We, as a nation, are proud of you. I too admire Erin for what she did. I don't know her, so I looked at the Roster to send her a congratulations and found she is not a GSDCA member. Perhaps she belongs to the WDA? Also, since this is a show I know nothing about, (and that seems to be the norm for me), can anyone enter? Is it by invitation? Do you represent a club or a country with an entry as this post seems to indicate? How many days was the show, how many were entered, and who were the entries? From the above it seems she represented the USA, is that formal, or just the only person from the USA to attend? I do know that the WDA did have team jackets that said GSDCA-WDA in one of the trials. Is this the same sort of thing? I am not in any way saying I am not proud of what Erin did. She won a contest. I just wanted to know what it was. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================