I just want to congratulate all of the breeders, owners, and handlers of the winners at the National and hope someday I get to see our new GVX in person! She sounds just beautiful and to go from the classes to GVX is such an accomplishment and I heard Leslie did an outstanding job handling her! I think we have a great slate of judges for next year's National and since we all saw class entries way down this year, maybe we can all make a concerted effort to show at next year's National! I know that because the location is more central, I am making plans now to attend next year (when is it again?-LOL). If each of us makes a concerted effort, we can get those entries up and make it the grand event it should be! Futurity and Maturity finals and Specials was the usual grand event this year, but I was very disappointed in the classes. I've been Best Puppy and Reserve at the National (with 2 different dogs who both subsequently went Select) so I can say this: I remember when placing 5th in a class of 35-40 was a huge accomplishment even though it was just out of the ribbons. Some classes this year barely had 5 in the class. Let's fill those classes next year! I was glued to Evan's blog (thank you Evan) and on the phone with a good friend who had the Screaming Video so it felt like I was there! (thank you Sue). Last, I think we elected great new Board Members and think we have the right people on the Board to get the Parent Club back on track! I know they have my support and I hope they have yours! Thanks for listening, Cheryl Olson/Tindrock ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================