I don't think that anybody said the Futurities were worthless, Holly. (Are you speaking of the "pro" or the Am Fututities? The regular Futurities have changed, the focus of showing litters from a Breeder has changed to (IMO!) to win Reserve or BIF/BOF,BIM/BOM. Still a fantastic achievement. But what is the 'goal' of the Amateur F/Ms? Does the Club want the venue to introduce new GSD fanciers to the sport of Conformation showing or is it to showcase breeders' pups and at the same time, give novice handlers a place to compete? Stormy who really should be getting a newsletter out!!! On Mar 6, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Holly Whitney wrote: > I know that I was hurt when people said that the futurities were > worthless when Molly went reserve at the largest futurity that year. ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================