Heard through the dog law lists, Indiana is NOT "getting it." The report is that only 2 people showed up in opposition to restrictive a bill as Illinois Adds cropping/docking/dewclaws. About a HUNDRED showed up to support it. The bill is headed to the floor to be readand voted on. I checked and there are two AKC GSD clubs there. No email addresses,or I would have emailed!!! C'mon! There are all-breed clubs,specialty clubs, and performance clubs for coon hounds, field trials,hunting tests, etc all over the state but no Federation or Association to take the lead. Someone is going to have to or you won't have breeders any longer in your state. Here is the pet-law list for Indiana: Indiana Pet Animal Law http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indiana_pet_animal_law/ ; Join and get active before it's too late... and it WILL affect you, believe it. -- Stormy Hope carpoc.org GSDCA Member And more clubs ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================