I'm sure I'll burn in hell for screwing this up, but the Potomac Lab club's fall specialty is called the Bare Bones specialty, not the No Frills! eeek................! The spring show has been going on for 30 years...and it is ALWAYS the largest Labrador show anywhere. Counting dogs, now, not entries...more Labrador Retrievers here than anywhere else, and that includes the UK. Yes, the majority can be owner handled...but hasn't the situation in Shepherds always been handler dominated? As long as I can remember that has been the case...owner handlers were always remarkable, in my memory. Still..entries go down. Perhaps it is not that there is a lack of able handlers, but rather, a case of new faces not winning enough...to which I can only say it's supposed to be a dog show, not a handler show. Peggy ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================