My first thought was great, it's about time. I'm tired of getting beat up in the bred-by class by pro handlers signed on to everyone's litters. It will probably increase entries by people thinking just that. However, my second thought was, well it will certainly single out people to judges especially in the more "political breeds". And I 'd like to see stats eventually on how many points are awarded out of this class. After all, the novice class is already somewhat of a joke. I could count on one hand how many times I've seen a dog take points out of that class much less a major over the years. I think it was a good idea but they should take the bred-by and make that amateur only instead, I thought that was sort of the original intent for that class. After all why do pro handlers need to be in bred-by. They should be good enough to take all their wins out of ambred etc. Now bred-by is just another vehicle for pros to get to Eukanuba. Margaret Corsair GSD & AE ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================