Several times they have put the obedience ring too close to the conformation ring and every time there are always a few dogs in the OB ring that think those dogs running around the ring must want to play. Its a HUGE distraction. ********************************************************************************************************** Rebecca, A well trained obedience dog has no problem with dogs running in a ring next to them. The dog should be totally focused on his/her handler. I had a dog run into the ring while we were heeling during the signal exercise in Utility and my girl never took her eyes off me. Not a problem!!! Most of my trials are AB shows. (BTW, she is an ILP dog....no parentage shown on papers) Norco, CA. Marcia & UCD Snowy River's Fur Elise, CGC,TC, ASCA-CDX, UDX OTCH ptd. *Aussie* Kohana's Time Traveler, CGC, RN *Aussie* Work in progress *~* UCDX Dymundcrest's Elke's Echo,,CGC,TT,ASCA-CDX,UDX2, OTCH ptd.*GSD* Von Bruin's Operations Rainier, CGC,TC,CD, ASCA-CD* 2008 Top Dog HIT *GSD* Midnight Sun's Phantom of the Nite *GSD* Pupster To Err is human, to forgive is canine~Author unknown The outside of a horse is good for the inside of man ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================