well Pat, I think you should be posting more......I missed the pill incident, are we talking National or Westminster? Either way, why would this be witnessed and not reported? I agree, that's a lot more serious than outfits...... Has the time come to test dogs for dye AND drugs???? BTW, you can test my dogs anytime. If they cant do it on conditioning and training, I rather go camping than go to dog shows, and not have to come up with ridiculous excuses. * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : 2 x Sel EX AM CH & Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka DEXTER Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE In a message dated 2/16/2011 9:11:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pawalker37@xxxxxxxxx writes: Good Morning, You all donâ??t hear from me often, but today I canâ??t keep still.. I have read post after post about what some of the handlers were wearing at Westminster. I have never read a comment about some of the outfits that fly in front of our faces at our own National. Iâ??m talking about the skirts , skorts, or whatever, that are, so short and tight that they stick in the handlerâ??s butt when they stack the dog and the top half that practically breaks the handlerâ??s nose from bouncing so high. Do I care ? â?? HELL NO â??. The thing that totally takes my breath away is when we haveâ?? No Commentâ?? when someone tells of witnessing â?? a top handler shoving handfulls of pills down a dogâ??s throatâ?? a couple of hours before the dog is to be shown. Whatâ??s wrong with this picture ? Maybe we need to be policing more than â?? fashionâ?? at our favorite pastime ! Pat Walker ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================