Ahhh...but the numbers at the Sheltie National are greater. Not sure about the Collies........ one other thing...most of those dogs are owner handled. I know the Collie people who went to Concord were laughing afterwards about how they'd only need a little bit of the ring, since Collies stand still for most of the judging time, especially under breed specialists. And that's the truth........... Also, they have other conformation events taking place...not so much standing around time for presentations, etc. They have those, of course, but not too much of them. Peggy RihadinK9@xxxxxxx wrote: > Well, I can tell you... the ASSA (Sheltie) National is 7 days, with >Conformation running Wed-Sat, same as ours. Funny... I don't see all the >complaining >about the length of the National on the Sheltie lists. > >The CCA (Collie) National is the same. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================