Just so you know Diane, Even winning, and we have won our fair share at Futurities, Maturities if the multitudes of plaques in our office is any indication, lol for us they do not hold the same status or interest they once did. The very idea behind them to show multiple puppies from litters in a given region is not working. Win , lose or draw., that is my opinion...again just that, don't take it personally. We make choices in this everyday, breed a litter , show a dog, not... I am not slamming people or those that wish to do it, or put them on....it just isn't our choice anymore. We have other places to devote energy , time and money....like pointed shows. More power to you if you want to, but if you don't then we totally get that. Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* * <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>**UPDATED: April 20, 2011 **Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM, <Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx> wrote: > i imagine that those who have won and those who plan to continue to enter > find it anything but worthless. > diane > > Diane Silver-Strasser > Silstra German Shepherds > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================