" PETA guerillas were running around the perimeter of the show with two way radios, peering into crates and being very evasive when questioned" But how do you know they were from PETA? That was what I asked. Was it assumption? Please know that I am not a PETA "supporter" of many things they do. Just wondering if those people could have been from rescues or the SPCA or other org's wondering about the dog's. LA is hot and dogs in crates? That could be other people. As well, show people themselves have been known to do nasty things? It's not like we all don't know those things happen.... Colleen Rbuffdogs@xxxxxxx wrote: In a message dated 9/10/2005 6:52:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, utter227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I think the "letting the dogs out of the crates" has run it's course? > Can you supply proof of that? Actually yes, a year ago at the local specialty (LA) PETA guerillas were running around the perimeter of the show with two way radios, peering into crates and being very evasive when questioned.. I had one person whom Nitro and I challenged with a "What the F*** are you doing?" ()Nitro bless his heart, was all spit and teeth) say that they were a "concerned organization" wanting to "ensure the well being of dogs subjected to showing "... Nitro ran him off, and once the rest of us were "hip" to it, they regathered and left, the cowards, into the greater area. We ever since have NEVER left crates unwatched, EVER. Kathy Finest in American Show & German Importing WEBSITE UPDATED: SEPT 9, 2005 _Victory German Shepherds_ (http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/index.htm) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG BREED BETTERMENT REGISTRY The only way to understand & estimate the nature of the dog is to study his whole development. Such a task requires a sympathetic, dog-loving observer, who tries as far as possible to enter into the innermost mind of the dog, and who will know how to short-circuit all his purely human points of view. --Max von Stephanitz Whoever will only draw conclusions from the eminence of his own particular point of view, will obtain a distorted picture. --Max von Stephanitz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================