........as a former member of two Bay Area German Shepherd clubs in CA. ( President for a brief time of one)....I told my wife that I would never EVER be a member of a local German Shepherd club again...I am now a little hesitant of joining the local Schutzhund club ( I suppose I will)....many of my "why not" reasons are different than the ones mentioned in Barbara's blog....and we wonder why the sport is suffering....many clubs are nothing but a "Front" to put on two shows a year...most of the time they only have a few hard workers to put on the shows....what's the answer?....I don't know, ask Dave...who's smarter than him?...lol....FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================