Well, like anything else, the purpose seems to change. If there had not been thestipulation that handlers were not able to show in the baby class, would thiseighty-year-old have entered and taken her two babies into the ring at the futurity ?Probably so, but still, rules are rules, and too many are being ignored ( notice,I said ignored, not broken. See, Im becoming politically correct. LOL ) This octo-whatever cannot take anything into the specialty ring anymore, but the babyclass did give a promise of reliving memories of fun in the ring. Wish we could keep it that way. We need some fun in with the seriousness, and certainly, we will notbring in new folks if we cannot restore the fun we had in the "old days". There isso much fun for us old-timers to relive, we need to fuel the coffers of the newbies. Carolyn ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================