Correction to my post most of us do NOT have that LUXURY:) Steven In a message dated 10/2/2010 8:05:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time, texasgsds@xxxxxxxxx writes: Lee, I see you have confirmed my previous post. Steve, the same economic factors are affecting Golden people and GSD people. Possible variable handler cost or the ratio of owner handled dogs to pro handled dogs. Lee is right, we need to figure it out. Diane **************************************************************************** **************************** Msg: #2 in digest From: SegerWind@xxxxxxx Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:34:21 EDT Subject: Re: The National and shepherd entries-- Ck out the total Good points Lee, I can only say in my experience and watching from the sidelines most of the time. It is now economics, what does that mean: cost of gas, cost of flying, cost of flying a dog (we just did that) , cost of Handlers, cost of hotels, cost of food for a week or so, cost if it all ?? = economics or = "opportunity cost" look up "opportunity cost:) Steven In a message dated 9/29/2010 7:23:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, LeBrowngsd@xxxxxxx writes: The Golden Retriever Nationals is this week in Greeley, Colorado so I would not think this is the best location yet look at their numbers. I have no idea why our entries are so low and I certainly don't have the answer. Hopefully someone can come up with on and get entries back up a bit. I don't think it can all be blamed on one thing it is a combination of reasons but first all reasons must be figured out then addressed. BISS Ch. Echo-Cham's River Phoenix OFA H&E AKA "River" Ch. Da-Jo's Crestview Ironman 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 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================