Most breeds I am involved in, people mostly talk about how excited they are about the National, look forward to seeing such and such a dog, talk about what the judges will use, etc... The people in this breed amaze me! I have never seen so much complaining about various things and the National isn't even here yet. Then we get to hear for two weeks after how awful the showsite was, etc... If I were going to the National this year (and I am not because my doggy dollars only go so far and I have shot my wad for the year), I would be giving second thought about it right now.. I love Nationals, whether it is the Dal National, the Flat Coat National (my other breed) or maybe next year GSDs - but all this negativity is making me sick. It really takes the fun out of it when you listen to all this stuff. As I told someone - the National is the National - I don't care about the size, the shape or the color.. It is still THE GSD show of the year. And everyone is looking for excuses for the entry. Has anyone considered that there might be fewer GSD litters, few GSDs to show, and people are maybe being fussier about what they show at the National instead of dragging everything in the kennel? Personally, I am far more interested in who is going and what dogs are going.. JMHO! Jessica MacMillan No Frills Dog Bathing Service & Design Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC ============================================================================ 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. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================