Sherry really had a good suggestion about doing the Fut/Mat on Wednesday, then start dog judging, go to finish; then start bitches. This would work, in fact I bet you could start on Wednesday afternoon and make this schedule for the Breed entries. A judge of a Specialty Show can be assigned a max of 200 entries per day so I don't see any problem using Sherry's suggestion once again. When I was looking at Purina Farms and trying to figure out a way that we could have an outdoor National, make it totally free for the seats, etc. I thought about a schedule close to what Sherry proposed. Use one ring, no need to stagger classes, rush around looking for a handler, etc. In fact, let's just try to turn our National into one wonderful dog show. We can do it folks by working together and sending these suggestions to your Board and to Nanci Nellis, National Show Chairman at CROSSTIMBR@xxxxxxx and you can email the entire GSDCA Board by writing an email to Board@xxxxxxxxx Let us hear from you, it is YOUR Club. Lew ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================