Any educational event can be listed in the Events Calendar portion of the Gazette, and most usually are. There are also a lot of small, regional judges' groups around the country and some of those have had local breeders present educational programs on the GSD, as well as other breeds. While it is not necessary to have a parent club approved presenter, many parent clubs have a way of approving individuals within the club to give "approved" seminars...this helps to ensure that prospective judges are being told the same things no matter where they live...not all judges and would-be judges can afford to spend a week at one of the AKC (or other group-sponsored) seminars...many of the local judges' groups programs are accepted by AKC as proof the judge applicant has attended a seminar on the breed. Attendance at specialty shows is encouraged...and I remember judging a specialty in California with two judges present who were preparing to apply for the breed. I spoke to them briefly, just to be polite, becaue I knew them...and they were horrified at the extreme angles on the dogs. At the time, they were about ready to submit their applications, too............so whatever they'd been doing, it hadn't impressed them at all. They had their own ideas about what the GSD should look like and those ideas weren't about to change. Peggy Nancy Harper wrote: >Lana, >Thank you and I am glad to hear that. I wish that more of this could happen >and that it would be advertised as such. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================