The day is coming soon that we will not be able to fly dogs all over the country. I tried for several weeks to fly a bitch to Bart Bartly eariler this year. It's hard to fly a dog from Northern CA. to Southern CA.Thurban Warrick is in Ohio today to show his bitch at the maturity...you should see his flight schedule...he had to first fly from Vegas to Atlanta, and then back to Cleveland. The few Airlines that still fly dogs are making it more and more difficult...and with the cost of fuel (gas)...pretty soon it may be too expensive to drive....I wish futurities were regional entries only, and the National was at one site every year in the middle of the country, neither will ever happen because we have too many pigeons driving the bus....Ed Hill ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================