Grace - the answer to your question is because a breeder is never lucky enough to get a show dog without that blessed gene that won't die - the car sickness gene. The show dogs are the dogs that travel the most, weekend after weekend. And a breeder can breed out bad shoulders, bad rears, bad bites, bad color, bad anything - but we cannot get rid of the car sickness gene. Trust me, we have tried. As a matter of fact, I've heard there's even a song being written about it - the puking, peeing, pooping blues <g> From: Grace Eaton <zgrace_grace@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: How to pick puppies? OK, I have to ask...why??? Grace Mo Murkland <murk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: HA! If I have a couple that I can't decide on I use the 3 P Rule............put them in the van and take them for a ride, the first one to poop, pee and puke is invararible the pick pup. Mo Steve & Pat Sel CH Bil-Mar's Here Comes Trouble OFA www.gsdstyle.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================