Sharing with permission, writer is not on the list..........Ileana ******************************************* "The recipient of this award is a person whose breeding program exhibits the VISION of enduring and steady improvement to the Breed, tempered with the wisdom to pay strict attention to the Standard of the German Shepherd Dog. The recipient should be someone whose dogs display a CONSISTENCY of breed type and have created a line of German Shepherd Dogs EASILY RECOGNIZABLE within the Breed." So you can see that this definitely does not apply to many people, even tho they have had the required #'s of years, Ch's etc. The description and qualifications for the Award are in the Roster for anyone to read. The only breeders that I can readily think of in years past who have won this award are--- CTH, the Fords, Joan Fox. There should not be an award given every year, and it was not meant to be a yearly award, but only to those who exactly fit the "essence" of the award--- and those are rare nowadays. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================