I feel that people should work together to try to build majors where they might not ordinarily be majors. Most of the time, I have been asked 'what I have' that I can put in to help build a major. When I have puppies, I am very happy to oblige because I really don't expect to win with a puppy. If I think I'd like to compete for a BP, I will try to get a handler. If not, I pick up someone at ringside or have a friend take the puppy in. I also have a very extreme (new ROM waiting parent club approval) that I know is too extreme to win, and I have put her in to build a major. We have a great all breed handler in upstate NY (who I miss terribly) who knows which judges would like a certain client's dogs, so we all help building various majors because we know at some point it will be 'our turn' to show (I didn't say 'win') under a judge with that handler thinking ours will have a chance to win at a later show. Plus, don't forget, you can't win if you don't show and many times I've won under judges that I didn't think I would win under and viola, we win. So, my opinion is try to work together to build majors whenever and wherever you can. It helps everyone. Sometimes someone just needs a major reserve for an ROM, a deserving dog of course. That's just my 2 cents..........Cheryl Olson/Tindrock ============================================================================ 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. 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/ ============================================================================