In a message dated 10/31/10 9:02:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, carolynmckenna@xxxxxxxxx writes: How many of you have considered what is best for our breed ? I hate to dwell on the olden days when nationals were fun, judges were respected, even dogs were respected (what a concept ), Gosh ! even boards were respected.Law suites ? horrors----no need. What about the year there was so much fighting that the AKC took away our national and forced a new president on the club? It sure does seem that it was better in the past, when we all walked to school ten miles through the snow, all uphill both ways. And, we didn't have shoes, like the kids today. The music was with words you could understand. We all wore sensible clothes, not like the kids today, and our morals were so much better. No young girls got pregnant, and no one took drugs. We didn't need television, we had radio. We didn't need cell phones, we had a party line. Girls never asked boys out on dates, and when our parents had problems, they worked them out and stayed together. Glen Miller was the right music to listen to, not the rapp the kids go with today. We had classy ladies like Liz Taylor, Madonna, and Debbie Renolds. What's the matter with kids today? Things were so much better in the old days, we never had dogs that barked, never had torsion, never had bad temperment, never backed off from a judge, and all lived to be 16. I sure do miss those days. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================