Mike I agree with you "whatever floats your boat". I think "normal" people that don't show dogs think we are all a bit nutty for spending so much time , money and effort for a ribbon of any size...LOL... My brother used to show cars. He would spend an ENORMOUS amt of time everyday, taking care of his Shelby Cobra (which was to die for) I thought it was nuts, but it made him happy. Oddly he ran into some of the same issues we do in dogs, some of the "Greats" being not so much. I guess anytime you have subjective opinions involved you can run the gamut of quality, cars, dogs, horses , birds..etc. I think do what makes you happy, and don't worry about what anyone else thinks. JMO. Best to you and Sheila. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: Dec 29**, 2011* *CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan **CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * * *"Victory...*Vires et honestas" On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Mike & Sheila Metz < Lindenhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How much did it cost you for the 100 BOB, 20-30K(including the shows he > didn't win), plus expenses? Your right, its a matter of choices and what > is important to you. > > I usually don't want to know, cause then I might stop showing too ;-) > > M > > On 3/4/2012 12:48 PM, Paula M. Cooke wrote: > > I would gladly pay $75, or even a bit more, to present my dog, to the > Fancy, in the Parade of Greats, but, I will NOT pay the $5,000+ three > different handlers have told me I would need to pay, up front, for them to > put a Select on my dog. No thanks. I don't have THAT much fun at the > National!! I will stick with handlers who do their best with my dog, > period. > > > > So, Mike, you are right....It is my fault that my dog isn't eligible for > the Parade of Greats. What was I thinking??? > > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================