I purchased a potential fear biting GSD, my first AKC registered GSD, and realized he needed some serious training. I found an obedience class and it happened to be a competitive AKC obedience class. Modi's first show was in Novice A in Wichita Falls, TX. We NQ'd, Modi busted the long down. The Fort Worth GSDC specialty, held at the Holiday in on Alta Mesa Blvd. was the first GSD specialty show I'd ever seen. My first conformation show with a serious conformation dog was the Southwest Region's Futurity held in Arlington, TX. River went second Teenaged Dog. Didier Ardoine (sp) was the judge. Diane ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================