I fell asleep in the middle. It was too much like dog showing.......... If you had replaced those cows with, say......., Mastiffs you'd never had known the difference! Oh, and substitute the word "cow" with "dog." LOL A real world reality check!! Suzanne www.tsalishepherds.com Home of Ch Cookie HT RN TC CGC, Ch Flair, BIS/BISS Ch Yancy HIC HT PT RN TC CGC, Ch Flash, Mousser (10 points/1 mjr), and Lil' Miss Gilli! Website updated 01/06 -------------- Original message -------------- From: Helen Franklin <helen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Last night I watched PBS that had an hour special on "cow shows." They begin > training calves for the ring when just a few weeks old, they have handlers, > they have groomers, they do "enhance" pigment and sizzor cut for topline and > angulation, they blow dry, and do some not quite legal things to win, such as > making sure the teets are going in the right direction. Comments were made > about > the judge not know what he's doing because he wasn't from around there. > Competitors did everything they could to win including injury to others in > competition (if they could) and winning tactics included staring down the > judge. At the show, the classes are divided by age and breed, with Best of > Breed becoming a Grand Champion and Best in Show becoming a Supreme Grand > Champion. > And we thought we were unique...NOT > Helen > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================