In a message dated 7/12/2005 8:18:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, TCYPRESS writes: I THINK YOU KNOW NOTHNG ABOUT DOG PEOPLE.MYSTIQUE WAS A BEAUTFILL BITCH AND DESERVED ALL HER WINS.MAKING GROUPS OF PEOPLE SO CALLEDALL BREED AND SPECIALTY PEOPLE IS WRONG.A GOOD DOG IS A GOOD DOG PERIOD,REGARDLESS WHERE IT IS SHOWN. PUTTING THESE LABELS ON PEOPLE ONLY REFLECTS THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE FOR OUR BREED. I SHOW IN BOTH RINGS , IM A BREEDER AND EXHIBITOR OF GERMAN SHEPHERDS PERIOD. TOM Okay, last time for me to respond to this... I LOVED Mystique! I saw her here in CA on quite a few occasions, as she often was out here when she was being campaigned. Every time I watched her in the ring, I was awestruck by her. When I expressed my admiration of her at the GSD ring, or one time, when surrounded by a large group of GSD "show people" at the BIS ring, THEY ALL jumped down my throat and told me that she was NOT a "specialty" dog, and the "specialty" people didn't care for her. THAT certainly put ME in my "place"! This did not happen on only one occasion, but on several, maybe they were ticked off because she used to "blow into CA" and kick everyone's butt, but that's what was said to me when I made the mistake of openly admiring her. I'm sorry I quoted this, perhaps mistakenly, but the fact is, this is maybe why people should think before they make nasty comments, in this case, possibly out of competitive jealousy, while standing around at ringside. Still standing... and still loving GSDs and learning all I can about them... Lynn Lynn Brown - Ebonystar Schipperkes/Angelsgate Rescue http://www.angelsgaterescue.com/ & http://www.schipperkerescue.com/ Post Office Box 92283 - Long Beach, CA 90809 (562) 428-9832 ...special dogs for special people since 1972 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================