When I was showing my dog at an out of town show after taking a shower at the hotel I walked out naked and wet and my dog went into a raging angry bark...woke up Basu, he asked what the hell was wrong with JR ( my dog, not the handler).....I told Basu....he's just jealous....lol..true story..they do notice everything whether we want them to or not.....I expect no comment from you SALLY!......lol....FB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Partch" <jokaysedona@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:57:53 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Long skirts in the breed ring...;o) When I started to show my 6 month old puppies in breed I started wearing a longer skirt in the ring. Not thinking anything of it, my puppies in their kennel barked at me when I went to go get them. They were trying to figure out what I had on. Animals notice everything! They soon figured it was still me. I remember many times judges making comments how most of the GSDs were not in shape to gait out. And when asked to run the ring ONE more time would run out of gas. I thought that only happened to the handler?...;o) Kathy Sater-Partch Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Who are all those people? This is a working Breed......and our dogs should be more than willing to go around the ring as many times as we ask them to, as long as we praise them. That's all they ask....that they can please us. The dog? She was fine before the show and was fine as soon as she was done with the show.  NO excuse........but I will probably now shop for a long skirt.........<G> Carolyn   marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011.  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  SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================