Julie, THANK YOU !!!!!!! I dearly wish that the people choosing National sites would read & reread this statement! Just because some people are only interested in ONE area of competition does not mean that those interested in more than one venue should have to decide what is important/not important. Thank you again, Julie! Sandy At 10:41 AM 10/27/2008 -0400, you wrote: >I feel very strongly that the GSDCA National should NOT be split up and >splintered into different events in different locations. This would >divide our >breed even more than it already has been. Most people could not choose to >attend TWO (or more) events, so the people who do want to have >VERSATILE German >Shepherds that truly can "do it all" will be forced to choose between sports >& "nationals". I think it's AWFUL this year that herding & tracking are so >far away from each other AND the conformation site. I've said it before so >won't go into it more. However, at least we don't have to take two separate >vacations and travel to different states at different times to go to the >National. > >People can choose (or not) to attend the national events. Don't take away >the choice for those of us that do more than one sport with our >dogs. People >don't HAVE to come early (or stay late) to attend events which >don't interest >them. Most conformation exhibitors don't come early to herding. Many >herding exhibitors won't stay for the conformation part of the >show. Separating >the national won't affect either of those groups of people. It WILL affect >those of us that would like to attend all the events. > >Keep ONE National and let it be for the German Shepherd BREED and reflect >what our dogs can do....herding, conformation, tracking, agility, obedience, >rally, working dog sport....and whatever else we can come up with! :-) > >Julie Degen >_www.caissonkennels.com_ (http://www.caissonkennels.com/) >"A well-balanced German Shepherd has a title on both ends!" Sandra Kozub KcK Kennels http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================