Clap, Clap, Clap! As straight a talk as you can get. Thanks Kathleen. Molly In a message dated 1/30/2013 8:37:02 A.M. Central Standard Time, inflight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Changing the standard is a weak, lily livered, bandaid approach to a far greater problem. Figure out why your members are leaving, why people are not willing to spend their $$'s to show GSD's but are willing to spend as much or more on showing other breeds or other animals, and you'll be doing something. Figure out why long time members are leaving the club -- and be willing to change to fix THAT problem and maybe you'll get out of this mess. But changing the standard is the absolute wrong thing to do, and will further drive the people away. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================