I agree with what Carolyn posted below. The answer is a rotating National like the membership voted on!! Pure and simple!!! Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Multi BISS &f Multi Group Winning DAE GCh. Rohan's Reward ROM TC, CGC, HT RE, CDX GSDCA Health Award of Merit "Strider" 80 BOBs #5 & #6 GSD 2009- 2008 Eukanuba BOB 2009 Eukanuba BOS On Sep 14, 2014, at 3:32 PM, <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Someone already posted how discouraged they are because people all > over the Country are asking to see a specific dog they have at the > National this year. > How would showing the same dog in the same area competing against > the same dogs it already competed against and no one else across the > Country wanting to 'see' this dog be any different than just the > same specialty shows it had already shown at??? In other > words....a West Coast National would likely draw from Wash., Ore., > Calif., Nevada, Utah, Arizona ...etc....all the same dogs and people > we see at the Specialty shows we already been to? > Not to mention that we would never see the gorgeous animals from > other areas, get to see our wonderful friends across the > Country...or up and coming puppies from breedings different that > those in our own area. > What am I missing? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================