.....a week or so ago Peggy M posted a two part article about why our sport is in trouble.....a very insightful and in my opinion very accurate state of our affairs....I must admit I was very surprised at what little discussion followed!.....several years ago, when I was new, I quickly came to the conclusion that winning a dog show depended just as much, if not more, on the creature in the ring with TWO legs ( the handler).....taking nothing away from experience handlers who can 'hide faults"....which is a whole nother topic......the best dog should win whether Ken Tank or Hunter Tank is on the other end of the lead....no disrespect to Ken...lol...I plan to sue Face Book for stealing my initials...I was FB ( Flower Boy) before there was a Face Book....thanks Paul !.....FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================