Hi just to set record right about the 71National..#! my dress was not ripped???Where did you come up with that..I was extremely young had been in a major car accident so was on muscle relaxers..For a brief SECOND the animals went around the ring in the wrong way..I quickly had them go the other way..Did you remember the great job of judging???Dapper Dan winners dog and went select twice Reno won Novice..Banner v Kratavil Bred by..At the judges dinner my plastic zipper broke but no one came to help..So sat with my jacket on..Mary Southcott was slightly high..So here I was by myself..With the Great old timers who HATED THAT I who they did not know got to judge a National..Immediately following a board meeting was held you had to be a Judge for so many years before you could judge..Yes I still stayed in the breed with a VERY POOR MEMORY of some who should have been kinder..So folks some things never change..Best regards Barbara Amidon ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================