Hi; To have Jean as part of this committee along with Barbara is outstanding. I have had the pleasure to speak with Jean and when we were discussing vaccines, I told her that I had never given my dogs or cats yearly shots. She asked me way I had made that decision many years ago and I told her, you do not give babies or human booster shots yearly, why animals and she told me I was so right. Also, having Kathy S mention John De Hope the other day brought back some memories. John use to teach a handling class for us over at Iza's and I learned so much from him on handling a GSD that helped me so much in the ring even to this day and I will always be grateful to him. I also took a great seminar from George Alston, who picked on me for 2 days saying everyone do this, except the GSD you do it this way. He also yelled at me to use my "Jimmy Moses legs", well I do not have legs like Jimmy, but he made me take longer strides which made my dogs movement in the ring look much better. To this day I think of this when moving a dog in the ring! Cathy Kelstar fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================