When my daughter was 12 years old she picked up the leash on one of our dogs and ran him around the park for me. In the next six years she finished Ch. Trinity's Draco V Lil' Bear CDX, Ch. Trinity's Cassiopeia VL Bear, and Ch. Wyndean's Hollywood of Asgard CD. She has also put majors on Trinity's Mr. Bojangles V Warr and Candia-Conlee No Regular Joe. (these dog have been shown at specialties and all breeds) She also competed with Casey at a Eukanuba Classic in Florida. Did she have good dogs? You bet, but she also worked hard to present them so they looked their best. Two of these dogs live with us. I think if you are willing to work hard and learn how to condition and groom and show you can do well with your own dogs. Sarah Butler's Mom Kathy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================