I have read most of the sad posts about our show & I guess the sky IS Falling!! Not in San Antonio, however. We have about 50 members of which only 5 or 6 families are active in conformation (maybe that is the positive). I'd say we probably have more money in the bank than the Majority of Shepherd Regional Clubs. This is thanks to a couple of present & past Members' efforts & keeping track of our present operational costs. We did have SOLID 4 point Shows both days. I think the winners for our Fut/Mat will represent us very well at the National. They are Quality Animals. In the past few years we have had judges like Dave Rinke, Rita Sandell, Lew Bunch, Joe Bihari, Nancy Harper, Jamie Walker, will have Ed Barritt & Fred Migliore next year, unless all this negative stuff about us scares them away. Why Jack Newton & Bob Kish would not be considered good judges is beyond me. I admire & respect both men immensely. We should all have half the success of either man & our Breed would be much the better. Their Judging was about as close as it could have been. Bo also did an admirable job & fond the Good Ones. She did not put up with Temperament problems. We either want a judge who does what she did on a couple of occasions, even knowing the entries were low, or we lessen that Trait in our Breed. Thank You Bo!!! This is longer than I meant, but to all of you who came THANK YOU !! I hope you will come back again WE did enjoy Having You. Gene Baker V/P GSDCSA *********Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================