Barbara, that's an excellent, and very true, observation. We are privileged to have our dogs...but we should feel privileged to have our Parent Club, too. It is up to the members to make it (the club) better in any area where we find it deficient...which brings us right back to belonging, so we can vote. Peggy barbarar wrote: >Funny, >I thought we all were aiming at bettering the German Shepherd dog. To >do this we need the membership. But, the membership is not a >priviledge...the Dogs are!! > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================