Hello everyone, I can think of several breeders that are now in the spot light that at one time or the other found it hard to come up with the money to show much at all. Thank god they kept their lines going through those hard times & found the strength to wait around for better days to come instead of giving up. I can also think of of several others at this moment that are doing a lot of breeding & selling of show prospects without doing much showing themselves. My opinion is that's great too. Whatever keeps a fancier involved in the sport at some level is whats best for our breed. We can't afford to loose any more people in these bad economic times. I was just wondering what all of your opinions on this subject ? Never hurts to encourage & not discurage, Bonnie Jenkins (Life long student of the breed) BonJen Shepherds _www.BonJen.com_ (http://www.bonjen.com/) **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================