Ok Paula, What "group of people" ??? DO NOT make a blanket statement about any of the club members. That includes many people that show AB , and have also show other breeds and even unto ARBA. The only one that seems elitist and holding anyone in disdain here, oddly is you. When you make blanket , untrue remarks, you off-put many many people who have the breed's best interest at heart and many of whom have shown VERY successfully at all breeds and specialties for DECADES as well as having successful breeding programs. Instead of making a blanket statement that is not only untrue , but nasty, why don't you be more specific and TELL US EXACTLY whom you deem to be in your words a "deceptive elitists?" Come on, afterall you seem to know the hearts, intent and actions all of the rest of the GSDCA and it's membership so well that you are entirely certain and comfortable with the ugly comment therein. Please thrill us with your inside knowledge of EACH AND EVERY PERSON in this club? As far as "we " being an odd group, you can speak for yourself. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com*<http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com> PUP-DATED: JULY 20, 2010 *Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory... There's Something In a Name"* On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Paula M. Cooke <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Thank you for the explanation, Ginny. > > I find it absolutely fascinating that a group of people who hold other > breeds in such disregard, as shown by their disdain and ensuing disrespect > of all-breed shows, awards, and/or judges, now are so concerned about other > breeds CHIC numbers and are willing to cheapen (dummy-down) our CHIC > standards just to APPEAR better than we really are!! We certainly are an > odd group of deceptive elitists, eh? > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================