If the parent club was more flexible with the show dates, we might be able to have the National at Will Rogers in Fort Worth, TX. Conformation, Agility, Obedience and A course herding could all be indoors. This is a complex of buildings that's sole purpose is for the exhibition of animals. It is in the museum district and the Kimball Art Museum, the Natural History Museum (with IMAX theater) and the Cowgirl Hall of Fame are all within walking distance. You could go to the Ft. Worth Stockyards or depending on the time of year see a Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars or Texas Rangers playoff game( dream on). There are plenty of hotels, restaurants and since the availability of alcohol seems to be important to a lot of you, that is readily available too. But perhaps the best thing of all is that the original Kincaid's Hamburger place is just down the street! The only thing that is going to stop all the back and forth about where the National should be held is to have a virtual one(just kidding). We just video our dogs and submit the videos along with an entry form and fees. Diane BISS Ch. Echo-Cham's River Phoenix OFA H&E AKA "River" Da-Jo's Crestview Ironman AKA "Tony" Echo-Cham's Satin Doll AKA "Dolly" Tejas' Not Ready To Make Nice (deceased) DB's Kurzon Dax of Starfleet,CGC,CD, HT sheep,PT cattle, TT (deceased) Modi, CD (deceased) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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/ ============================================================================