Oh Canada or should I say Aye? Seems to me that if you need a true dog show fix you MUST go to Canada. Their National is so relaxed, no worries, cold beer and great people. Want to see a dog up close then just get out of your lawn chair that you placed ringside or leave your seat in the stands and go ringside to see the dog and talk to the handler. When you return to the stands and you decide that you want to go sit with another person it is fine because ALL the seats are free. All three judges (Bob, Michel, and Sally) did a wonderful job, were easy to follow and in my opinion got all the right dogs, and there sure were lots of quality dogs at this show. Thank goodness for Casino Royal's Select, saved Wayne from a heart attack. What a fun match, could not believe all the youngsters at the fun match, very cool. Was also very nice to see all the practicing in the ring, guess Canada has super sod because the ring stayed in great shape, once again no worries. Maybe we should have the Compact Sod from Canada bring sod to the US National. And all the winners had their pictures with them as they left the show due to Alex Smith, a wonderful show photographer who prints your picture right at ringside after you have approved the proofs. To all of the Directors and Officers of the GSDC of Canada and especially to Ed Callesen, Bill Randall and Tammy Townsend - GREAT JOB and I sure hope you don't mind us borrowing a few of your ideas on how to make everyone feel so good about a dog show. Lew ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================