Having been to some twelve hundred dog shows over a period of forty sevn years as an exhibitor, judge and just plain observer I feel pretty qualified to comment on the quality of the venues. There are just as many nice people at dog shows as nasty ones. Even though I have been jumped all over on occasion and last sunday was no exception I have also met some really nice people I dd not know at the very same shows.I have to say that the professional handlers of America have been very good to me as have most of the semi professionals so I concentrate my evaluations on other things. The quality of the dogs. The procedure of the judges and the conditions for exhibitors provided by the clubs.I am going to make my comments on my Life On Line column on my website which will make them available to people who are not on this list. -- norma hansburg www.normahansburg.com ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================