Time to buy an RV Evan, travel in comfort, take everybody with you. let the dogs sleep on the bed for the trip, save hotels but pay and pay more for gas! Just kidding. Hope every dog and owner that can go will have the opportunity to "dance" at the national...show of shows for the breed. Hope I am healthy enough to go and would love to see Summer in action. Have heard great things about her. As to all the traveling with dogs, the more they do they more they get used to it. I did over 30 driving trips back and forth from TX to Canada and several dogs made that trip a multitude of times and actually got darn excited when they saw the van loaded up with crates.....wondering who was going to get to go. Molly Trillia German Shepherds since 1972 Member GSDCA, GSDCC, GSDC of Beaumont, lifetime member CKC "Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light" In a message dated 6/1/2011 10:51:17 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx writes: I would love to showcase him at our National, and more so, give Summer a chance to see the splendor and pomp of the GSDCA National. But, there remain so many issues and I still have to determine what is the right thing to do, more so, the right thing for my dog. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================