I lived on Vancouver Island from 1980 to 1984. I had my dream kennel on five fenced acres with a $100,000 dog barn designed with all those special things. I had a heated whelping room with a built in bed for me, a kitchen with a long counter and raised powder blue tub for bathing dogs, a huge panneled office 40'long, with built-in shelving for trophies and customed tiled floor, 6 indoor runs (also heated) twenty feet by 6 feet with hose-out ability and gutter on cement. Also, a brand new house, plus outdoor runs of 30 X 10...etc. One problem, I also had a Select Stud Dog and some top upcoming Select bitches and going to and from shows was impossible, as well as having bitches in for breedings. Living on an island and "actively" showing dogs in the U.S. and Canada is more then difficult, it doesn't work. So I sold my dream kennel that I created for next to nothing (current value $5,000,000) and moved back to California...oh what we do for dogs! Helen ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================