Ok, Y'all missed my point. I am was talking competitively as a breeder and in the conformation world. I don't have Grand Victors or Selects nor have I bred a trillion Champions. Maybe I should've used a different word. I have accomplished some very great things with my GSD's and am proud to be owned by this great breed. My point was that there are negative people in every part of our lives. Ignore or block those people from you life. As a whole, this List and dog people in general are a family. The GSD community and this List have provided me with education on heath issues, voted for Charm (not a conformation dog) mourned with me when I lost my heart dogs and, at times, provided some good humor. Folks put out posts to help others in need, be it a natural disaster or an individual person or dog in need. They will step up to help you and advise you or relate to you when you need it. I hope this makes sense. I am thick skinned and have learned even from the negative stuff. The evil stuff I ignore or block. It is the individual person, not the general population, that has a problem. Most people can agree to disagree. Others can't. Anyone on the List for awhile knows who can't ever say anything positive or nice. One can't take anything they say personally as they are negative to everyone and everything. I feel sorry for these people as they must have miserable lives that they have to slam others to make themselves feel good. If I pissed anyone off by saying that, too bad! Anyhoo, my point was that hanging in there is worth it and don't give up just because someone got snarky. Prove them wrong and move on :-) Laura Thomas ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================