I find all the posts and responses about Westminster thoroughly entertaining. Yes, some people border on tacky with their choice of words, but overall people seem genuinely pumped up about the show...a good thing! Many people have posted that they felt the Peke should not have won. Many have posted that putting down the Peke is poor manners. It's a dog show people and opinions are as common as - well you know! As long as people aren't saying anything truly rude or demeaning about the dog or the owners, I feel it's perfectly human for us all to have various viewpoints and should be able to express those viewpoints. This is a private list afterall and we come here to share ideas and opinions with each other. And it's better than arguing about White GSD's, the Board, the National sites and all the other ridiculous petty stuff that is commonplace here. <vbg> No the Peke would not have personally been my choice, but the judge had that opinion and I defitely repect that. I felt Capi looked truly beautiful and really did push the image of the German Shepherd up a notch or too, especially for Joe Public... I thought the Dalmatian was really quite beautiful in motion and type as well. Jeff Pyle Windfall ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================