to those that say, many are complaining because they did not win is totally incorrect....my husband(who is so easy going) and i have always been graceful losers and respected a judges decision BUT NOT at this years national with the select bitches and even some of the select dogs....with the bitches, they were NOT given the advantage of competing but excused after the individual....ask the handlers, other judges(which i have) and order that video and judge for yourselves....i feel an injustice has been done....natalie CLOVERLEIFE HILL KENNELS http://www.cloverleife.com/ CH Cloverleife's Firecracker - CH Cloverleife's Dimples CH Cloverleife's Bit O' Honey - CH Cloverleife's Cappuccino CH Carmil's Amadeus V Windywood ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================