.....The joy of showing dogs to me is to be at the show WITH MY DOG, to grab him or her when he or she comes out of the ring!....it would be no fun for me to send my dog off with some handler...a few years ago I had a dog with his conditioner/trainer while I was in Canada on vacation ( I'll be in Canada again in 48 hours), the breeder wanted the dog shown in the futurity so I agreed to it, but generally I would not send my dogs off to be cared for and shown outside of my presence...I don't believe in it, and I never will...Ed ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================