I want to thank all those who wrote to give me support this weekend There were so many of you I thought it would be easier to send a general thank you I am so grateful for all your kind words I read some very interesting stories and I see that I am not alone trying to make the Fut/Mat system a fair one I am not sure we can change it enough in time to save it ( here in Canada) I for one will never nominate another litter and I am not the only one who has stated that this weekend I will follow through with all the great advice I received Sharon Stuart & Sharon Birch Edale German Shepherds www.edalegsd.com Tofield, Alberta. Canada ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================