Hi Gang Knowing our friends are for the moment "tucked away" from the fires...I have to tell you that I have seldom see more sportsmanship at the Nationals than this year. Now those of you that know me (Southern raised) know I did a whole lot of hugging , kissing and handshaking.....with friends and online friends, and some even not always friends......and it felt DAMN GOOD. I loved meeting the people that I only chat with online. I loved hugging friends that I only see at a National.....Lee Parkhurst, Bob Braue, Tom Mesdag, Lenny Brown...to name a very, very few. It didn't seem that politcal siding was an issue, just good sportsmanship, and people and their dogs....it was great. (Aside from the legal servicing we are talking about the membership here) I loved the name tags NATIONALS NOT LAWSUITS......I loved the camaraderie, from EVERYONE.....regardless of "sides". Our club will be okay...the membership just needs to step in and say..."enough". HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS. THANK YOU TO THE RANCH, AND TO THE AMAZING LOCAL CLUBS, TO EVERYONE THAT PUT DIFFERENCES ASIDE, AND LET THE SPORT OF DOGSHOWING AND THE LOVE OF A GOOD TIME TAKE OVER. BRAVO. Kathy Tank http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com Ch. Elvaston's Nations Cup, TC, OFA 26 BOB/BISS to Date ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================