Maybe I misread Patti's post, but I don't remember that she said she saw a GSD handler giving a dog pills. I'm VERY sure she didn't say it was the GSD breed winner. Perhaps people forgot, Patti showed a Malinois...that meant she was around longer than just the time it took to assemble and exhibit GSDs. I don't think there was anything wrong with her posting to the list that she saw something she thought was wrong, although it is amazing to me that anyone these days is naive enough to think it is a rare occurrence to have dogs drugged at shows (or horses at horse shows, for that matter). Hard as it may be to imagine, some people do pay attention to more than Shepherds...and anything we see in other breeds probably happens in Shepherds...but the assumptions and vicious attacks made yesterday were appalling.......not to mention the SHOUTING done by someone who was the most vicious of all..... That person is the only one who needs to apologize, in my NSH opinion. The rest of us should just move on. Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================