Exactly right Joyce. BEAUTIFUL Grounds at Purina....but the actual show is
indoors with terrible sound,
and the flooring takes away from some dogs comfort zone in gaiting.
BUT......Colorado is as Central to the West as Kansas or St. Louis is to the
East.....?
AND to Bill Basu's point, Colorado also is at LEAST a subsidiary main hub for
dog friendly airlines....as
is Utah I believe. AND...All of them are drivable....with each side being
handicapped to other sides. <G>
But ALL "doable".
Also...If Theresa is going to use Maine as an example for distance instead of
straight across the U.S...like
is always done to San Francisco....then be fair and take it up to Bellingham,
Washington from St. Louis,
then driving is then 2262.23. miles. Again....St. Louis is not Central... nor
closer to the middle...
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
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On Behalf Of myjoygs (Redacted sender "myjoygs@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
I think Purina i a beautiful place. But ... not for German Shepherds inside.
Our breed moves best on natural footing dirt, grass not cement or rubber cement
or whatever the stuff is on the flooring at Purina. Just my opinion but I
enjoy seeing our breed gaiting effortlessly on grass and a large enough ring to
see them work. I bet if feels that way for the dogs too if they could talk. I
could tell some dogs were not comfortable on that flooring, it was strange for
them. If I have this correctly we will be rotating west, back to central, east
back to central and west again. I hope that when in the central part its at
another venue, unless there can be a way for a bigger ring and sod. The other
thing I missed was the stalls somewhere the dog can go in etc. and be secure.
Topeka was good in my opinion, not sure how it was for herding etc and of
course that has to figure in. No place is going to be perfect but whats best
for the dogs. Joyce Willis
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On Behalf Of Theresa-GSD Stolz Re: Nationals 2016
Is there anyone that comes from Maine or Boston? One side of the country to
the other St Louis is Maine to Saint Louis and there are 1,424.18 by road.
It would take 21 hours 17 mins to go from Maine to Saint Louis.
Boston to St Louis 18 h (1,191.9 mi) via I-90 W and I-70 W
San Francisco to St Louis 31 h (2,056.1 mi) via I-80 E Do not see where you
came up with your figures.
Not pushing St Louis but still see it closer to the Middle of the USA.
Theresa
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