I don't agree with either of these posts. { :o) We have bred two Grand Victors. One won the EAST Coast in Perry....and one last year on the WEST Coast in Oregon. BUT WE STILL SEE A PROBLEM!!! It has nothing to do with being happy......it has to do with REALITY!! Try calling an Airline now trying to fly a dog in a 500 crate with you on any connecting flights through a main hub airport....you'll see we have a problem. I have been extremely vocal about this problem and I am not trying to make anything easy on ME when I say we need to look at main hub airport locations ONLY..... and to try to make the sites as centered on each side of the Country as possible so more can drive. It eliminates my area!!! I believe those that seem to care little about this issue are not flying across the Country with dogs in the last couple of years! OR...the actual dogs entered are not their major concerns so much as having it close to them so they can attend that one. This is not about any of US.....it's about "NATIONAL" entries!! Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx www.marhaven.com > In a message dated 6/9/2005 11:56:53 PM Central Daylight Time, ELG440@xxxxxxx > writes:> This means, only the losers want to change things? > ---------------------------------- > Not at all. It means that people who are winning naturally have little > incentive to change things. The dog game could be on the verge of > extinction, and > the guy who owns the dog that just went GV will rarely see a problem. > > Anyone can choose to ignore problems. However, their rosy view of things > does nothing to rebuild a dying dog game. In fact, that sort of inaction > contributes greatly to the problem. We can all sit around and say to each > other ... > "I'm happy!... Are you happy?" But that doesn't change the fact that we are > seeing considerably fewer than 100 specials when not so long ago there were > 200 > and more at every national. > > Tom Langlitz > > > ============================================================================ > 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 > ============================================================================ > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================