Most new people are intimidated having to compete aagainst the Pros. The first time Leann showed in a Futurity was the GL in 1994 of course Kent was there as was Jim and Terry and Scott and Greg Eschette. Nervous yes, intimidated NO WAY they along with Sue Mayes gave her some pointers. -- On Fri, 8/6/10, ELG440@xxxxxxx <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: Since you are judging the dog anyway, why does it matter who is handling? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================