In a message dated 7/10/2006 11:29:16 AM Central Standard Time, zgrace_grace@xxxxxxxxx writes: As a newbie...even a newie shouldn't take the opinion of ONE judge and spay thier dog!!! Yikes! Toughen up! Newbies are very fragile...heck I remember when we were newbies...it can be one judge or even one exhibitors comments, ...it hurts... Infact we backed off from showing etc...about 12 yrs ago because we were sick of the BS.. "Toughen up"...yep thats what they have to do...it took me years...to toughen up...and sometimes I dont like "the toughened up me" Patty ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================