Amy learned this mid-day on the day entries closed at 4pm. How in the world can we expect that a volunteer who has life outside of the GSDCA to dot all the I's and cross all the T's and notify the membership of the changes and substitutions in a 4 hour period? That is not a reasonable expectation folks. Yes, the timing is tough but we all know that we may not draw the 1st place judge when we enter a futurity. Yes, AKC would require that the club refund you your money BUT you must be entered in a futurity in order to be eligible to show in a maturity and most folks aren't going to want to forfeit their opportunity to show next year and this year. There have been a number of futurities where the judge change was made after entries closed and I've never heard this kind of fuss. I think this one is one we all need to get over. Life is too short to agonize over something like this. Thanks for all you fo for the GSDCA, Amy. Laurie Pruett ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================