On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM, <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > my knowledge on award rules is shaky at best so I'm not sure this idea of > mine would be acceptable to the club......to compete for GV and Select a GSD > must first have those 15 points with two majors ( I've only done that once > lol)...well what if we offered a Herding V and Obedience V only if the > highest scoring dog/bitch was an AKC GERMAN SHEPHERD CHAMPION? I sure hope you aren't serious. If you ARE serious....maybe you should count up how many AKC Ch GSDs competed for Obedience Victor/Victrix at the last several Nationals. I'll give you a hint: Not many. If you're looking for a way to reduce the number of dogs entering obedience at Nationals, this would be a sure-fire way! --Regina 3 GSDs in Somerset, NJ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================