Hey Lee...I canceled too, I was only coming this year because I was invited to be the third announcer 4 months ago.....and now after I paid for a flight for two, had a downtown Philadelphia hotel room at over $200 bucks a night that did NOT include the $45 bucks a night just to park the car......I was informed that I was out.....so I'll watch it on my big screen TV via my computer...see y'all in St Louis....bet one of those lifers had something to do with this....lol....FB ----- Original Message ----- From: LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx To: gstiefferm@xxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 2:10:29 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: NATIONAL COUNTS I am always amazed at how the GSD people always blame the economy when  other Nationals are getting hugh numbers at theirs.  Does the economy not  effect other breeds? Check numbers for Goldens ,Labs, Dobes and  Boxers.  Heck, some Lab specialties get more than 380 in their regional  specialties. I am happy that you are pleased and hopefully the rest of the GSDCA  are also pleased. It does not effect me one way or the other as I canceled my  reservations and not going. I was only going as a spectator so it would not  effect your numbers. I hope even tho in my opinion the numbers are low I hope  for a successful National for all.   Lee Brown Too far from the womb and too close to the  tomb to care about what anyone thinks of me.   In a message dated 9/19/2013 4:04:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  gstiefferm@xxxxxxx writes: No Lee, actually not.  I expected the count to be under  300.   I am very pleased with the entry considering the economy.    Gail Stiefferman Forest Knoll Shepherds _gstiefferm@aol.com_ (mailto:gstiefferm@xxxxxxx) -----Original  Message----- From: LeBrowngsd <LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx> To: gstiefferm  <gstiefferm@xxxxxxx>; Showgsd-l <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent:  Thu, Sep 19, 2013 3:20 pm Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] NATIONAL  COUNTS  Looks some disappointing numbers. I really think they were hoping for  more since this is the Centennial. I don't have the numbers for other years  but the year I judged the total conformation entry was 616. Just checked the  catalog and that was the totals then. That is a difference of 236.   Lee Brown Too far from  the womb and too close to the tomb to care about what anyone thinks of  me.   In a message dated 9/19/2013 2:28:57 P.M. 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