A mentor of mine once said "When you change the way you look at things..the things you look at change".....well several months ago while attending one of the many many dog shows I traveled to this year I saw something inside the ring involving a handler, the judge and the owner-judge outside the ring....I won't describe what happened because I like all three people and obviously I am not going to name names so don't ask...the next day I called my close friend and Canadian citizen Bill Basu who also saw what I saw and told him that I was going back to protection dogs and quiting dog shows...thats all I could stand.....then I went to the protection dog training facility in San Jose CA owned and operated my a person who is like a father figure to me...he welcomed me back and asked what took me so long...I then decided that I did not want another protection dog even though he gave me several to choose from..I decided I wanted to go back to showing dogs..I really do enjoy the spor t and the people...and yes I do believe there are times when dishonest things happen inside that ring, but next time I see something that appears to be shaky or dishonest I will look at it differently, I will not react to it negatively...I will look at it as an educational experience...two weeks with out my kids...believe it or not I already miss em..FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================