I sent out emails to all who were on Helen Franklin's list of contacts for the parent club. I have received acknowledgement from only two individuals. One individual thanked me for my concerns and the other individual had the following to say: The entire Board Saw the surface in KC July 2010. The Manager had the surfce specifically put out for our visit Our Show Chair recently went to look at it again. It is not dangerous! The Cardi club held is National on it and I can assure you, the dogs were doing agility with high speed and quick turns and nobody was injured People get injured on sod - case in point was last year during BOB where a handler went down and had to be carried off. The Cost of installing and removing sod is HIGH 11-15K. Ms Kremmer has not seen the fascility, not looked at what she calls Bargain Basement Turf. It is the same stuff used by Purina. I will not identify this individual by name. Suffice it to say that this person is on the List and I would encourage them to post their answer to the entire List. So please, do not ask me to name names. Based on the answer given above, I feel Kris needs to clarify some of the statements she made on her previous email. I agree with Kris that our dogs and handlers should not be made to run on surfaces that could potentially hurt anyone. However, there are inconsistencies and they need to be cleared up. Rumors and gosip are very destructive and can run wild if not contained. Joey Perez-Gurri ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================