Does the National show chair ever go to other breeds' Nationals to see if there is anything that they do that would improve our National? Did anyone on the National committee contact the Golden Retriever PC to find out how they got big entries even though their show was in an out of the way place? We used to have a conditional class at the National that was for dogs that had OFA's. What do you think about having a working dog class that is open to dogs with high level performance or schutzhund titles? We need to be inclusive. This might help to keep the working and conformation dogs from diverging in type. There are some sporting breeds that the conformation and working dogs have diverged in type so much they hardly resemble the same breed. Diane BISS Ch. Echo-Cham's River Phoenix OFA H&E AKA "River" BISS GCh. Ch. Da-Jo's Crestview Ironman,RN, OFA H&E AKA "Tony Stark" Candia's Hard Rock Candy v Tejas AKA "Rocky" Echo-Cham's Satin Doll v Tejas AKA "Dolly" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================