Wow, what a great little story about the age of your dog finishing. I was going to ask if anyone knew who the oldest dog to finish was. We always talk about the youngest one to finish. Thanks for sharing. Barbara candiasgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Personally I decide what I like and if I feel my dog is worth campaigning I will continue as long as it takes. I finished my Ch. Candia's According To Hoyle at 8 1/2 years of age. Granted, he wasn't really started in the ring until 5. My dogs seem to mature later. There's a photo of (Fred) on my website taken a year ago when he was 9 1/2. It's on my dogs page at candiasgsd.com He can still kick butt at 10 1/2! CandyZ candiasgsd.com -- Barbara J. Galasso CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.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 ============================================================================