the amateur that won with the dog is the one who must show it at the amateur futurity at the national. Molly In a message dated 3/5/2011 11:40:06 A.M. Central Standard Time, Tindrock1@xxxxxxx writes: I may have missed this along the way, but do "amateur" handlers have to handle the regional amateur winners at the National? Or may a "professional" handler show the amateur winners at the National? If you combined the regular fut/mat with the amateur fut/mat at the National, perhaps giving the option of having professional handlers on all of the amateur winners should be allowed, to make it more competitive. Sorry I haven't been following this or else perhaps I would have the answers to this already. Cheryl Olson ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================