From what I have been told, they exempt white, black and sable dogs from the 500 crate limit. They can go in a 400 crate, but must sleep the entire trip. We have already paid the entry for our Patriot son, but even a 500 crate probably would not work for him. Evan In a message dated 9/14/2014 8:20:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Mrs. Martello spoke very plainly about this problem 6 years ago! At that timeI was in favor of having a central site national at the same place every year ( like we do with board members) but now I agree with the majority to have a rotating National! but if we pick sites that folks can not get 500 crates into...... Well that leads to other problems and it won't matter what color your dog is if you can't get her to the show! Ed Hill Ph.B ( Doctor of BBQ) lol ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================