In a message dated 9/26/2010 8:41:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, shadowland22000@xxxxxxxxx writes: After reading the above,I rest my case!! The BREED is in the hands of the individual owner/ breeders. There are many avenues of SHOWING, HERDING, AGILITY, RALLY, WORKING, etc that are open to ALL owners of this BREED. IF this CLUB fails, it will be our own fault; BUT The Reginal Clubs will pick up the slack, individuals will organize new Clubs; Many may join Clubs beside the AKC. but the BREED will live on as it has for 100 years. i'm curious about a few things, morgan. to which "new" clubs are you referring? are these "new" clubs member clubs of the GSDCA? without a parent club, there are no member clubs so please explain this phenomenon of which, apparently, only you are aware. while it is true that there are other clubs "beside the AKC", the regional clubs of which you seem to speak are member clubs of the GSDCA which is a member of the AKC. as individuals, we do not join the AKC. have you ever tried to start and license a new regional club? it takes much time, effort and hard work on the part of its members. just out of curiosity, in which venue do you, personally, participate and title GSDs? Conformation? Obedience? Herding? Agility? Rally? Tracking? diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for everything German Shepherd and then some! _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) Skater's Blog ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================