Just received this about the show in Tennessee: Peggy Peggy, here's what really happened-- Gail. Forwarded with permission "I have a friend on the show committee of the Franklin, Tennessee, show.After much investigation,it turns out that PETA terrorists were not at the show site but it sure caused a huge headache for the show committee, show security and the law enforcement that was called in to help... and yes they did have to go into lockdown mode and a full investigation...It was all caused by a joke between friends and fueled by a some unknowledgeable visitors. I don't know the order that they happened... A person with a boxer was putting his dog in the crate and a friend walked by and jokingly asked what he was doing to the dog, was he with PETA and he jokingly answered Yeah, I'm with PETA... Someone overheard and that is how that part got started... Then some visitors to the show were taking a picture of a bloodhound in a crate, the crate was plenty big, the dog was clean and healthy and happily chewing on a bone... One of the visitors, obviously ignorant about how dogs love their crates, said oh poor dog in a cage... This group also was not with PETA and they did get a bit of an education about dogs and crates... The Franklin Show Committee did an excellent job handling the scare... This is a another example of how rumors get started and how much trouble they can cause, :-)... I understand that it did bring all the dog people together to watch each others dogs and be on the lookout... Looks like saying "peta" at a dog show now has the same effect as saying "bomb" in an airport..... sk ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================