I haven't read a lot of the posts on the "All Breed'' Thread. I do remember shows in the 70's. No One I mean No One could go in an All Breed ring & command the attention of Mary Roberts. People be-rated her dogs, said she bought the judges, pulled their dogs etc. They also criticized her for not showing at many "Specialties". But when she did she won. However how could you not have loved that lady? She was First Class in & out of the Ring Her Dogs were always in excellent shape & ready to show & she deserved her wins. Jimmy Moses even in the beginning had a certain "Magic" with the dogs (good & bad). He seems to make his dogs look better, even today. I saw him at the last Georgia National for the first time in 25+ years & he hasn't lost it. There have been a lot of very good handlers in our breed. I wouldn't want to name any for fear of offending others. I will say it is too easy to criticize those we sometimes envy. Also one of the most outstanding moments I had at a show was watching Ann Mesdag blow every one away with Harrigan at a very large Specialty show in Dallas Texas!!! Lets enjoy seeing these handlers now because we will all remember them as being better probably than they are, in the future. Gene Baker ********Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================