A vote of thanks to all of those who worked so hard to give us a good National. It is no easy task to pull all of the parts together for such a big event. Just working down on the floor with the stewards is a job and that is small potatoes compared to what goes into putting on the entire event. The demonstration, the honor for the 50 year members was something very special. The weather held out for the most part, it could have rained on us the entire time you know. Congratulations to all the winners, it is always a thrill. Congratulations to all who put great looking dogs and bitches out there. Congrats to my home club for the Parade, the winning of the newsletter and the Regional Challenge. What a team!! Club members had awards in competition also. Thanks to all who came and commented on Danny Boy's stud dog class. He has again made the top 10 for Futurity/Maturity producers. . Thanks exhibitors for showing his kids, I know it is a lot of extra hard work to bring them, get them groomed and out there. Jamie put up the same winners dog from Canada, it was fun to see that. I am happy to report that the Board has approved the concept of the Amateur Futurity for all Regions for 08 PROVIDED the pilot programs in Mid West, Great Lakes and Southern Pacific prove to be successful and workable this coming spring.(07) There will be an article in the Review regarding the AMATEUR FUTURITY/MATURITY and please feel free to contact me for information regarding this new venue. If you nominated litters this year and I hope you did, you can show in the Regular Futurity/Maturity and also the AMATEUR FUTURITY just not the same dog in both. We hope to see more of the same litters this way as most cannot afford to show many from the same litter. We will have education as each and every Futurity thanks to Helen Gleason and hard working Dick Jones. Best to all Happy Thanksgiving. Nancy / Ron and the Shepherds at Heinerburg ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================