It is getting very cost prohibitive for some small breed clubs to have stand alone Specialties. The Australian Club Of America, held their National with our four day show. We provided the building, Judge (with their input, had to be someone we could also use for other breeds.) and expenses. They got $1 per entry, Had their own trophy sales that they made money on. We gave them the profit off any catalog ads they sold for our catalog. They didn't make a lot but they were out nothing. They also had a Pat Hastings seminar that they profited from. Maybe the small GSD clubs could contact their local shows for the same deal. It will increase the entry for the all breed club and wont break the bank for the GSD club. You could even ask permission to put on an all breed match after the show . Plenty of Provisional's would be happy to judge it free. Also a silent auction and or raffles. Don't give up. You can make it fun. Judi Bendt ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================