In a message dated 7/17/2006 9:13:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: The test is innocuous. It takes very little time to accomplish. And frankly I don't think it will show many dogs *AT* the National have a problem -- But IMO it may make people test their dogs prior to the National, and think long and hard before they show a dog that is less sound than they should be. Regards, Kathaleen YES YES YES and isn't that the whole point. Finish unsound dogs, yup happens all the time, breed them...(don't get me started) but for Pete's sake, lets make it tougher for them to walk away with an award from the biggest and best of the year. We have to draw the line at some point. Kathy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================