Cathy, I showed up through my 60's, and even a couple of times after I turned 70. Now, I stopped in the specialty rings somewhere along the way:-). If I were showing now, I would be back in the ring:-)! Finished Dreamer in the UKC rings the year I turned 70, got a BBE Group win on him that year, too.:-) Stormy On May 17, 2009, at 11:45 AM, fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi All; > Well Evan, I have mostly always showed my own dogs as that is my > love, I breed rarely. I turned 61 in February and I am still doing > the GSD's, Akita, Labs and any other breed that someone may ask me > to show. I love showing a good Irish Setter as they move and are > beautiful in motion. > > This is what I love about the Labs, mostly all are owner handled, > there are a few handlers, but the owners do most of the wining. > > Cathy > Kelstar Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================