I judged in Vegas once, some years ago...my only memories of the weekend are three dogs... a Sheltie bitch (I gave her the group from the classes), one of the CTH bitches that I loved, but she couldn't beat that Sheltie in the group, and a young rough Collie dog...the owner/handler's first...that young lady is now a "somebody" in the breed...and a lot of her current dogs go back to that young dog........... the town or city, whatever it is, was nothing to see........ there must be a better place to have a dog show, judging from what people are saying about it. My thoughts, then, are: if you want to gamble, go to Vegas.......(or Atlantic City).......if you want to show dogs, find somewhere else. Peggy (Sorry, Bud -- I still love you...just don't love Vegas) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================