Interesting idea. However, there are a lot of reasons our National has been and should be in the fall. That time seems to be best for most dogs coats. Nobody would want to do the National in late spring or summer when many of our dogs are hairless! Plus too late into spring and then summer and it's too hot to fly dogs. We cannot, or should not, be too close to the Canadian National which is usually in early to mid September. Obviously Winter is out. So that leaves October/November. Jeff Pyle -----Original Message----- From: Jessica MacMillan <spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 12:18 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: prima donas/Purina donnas? So I have a question. Is the only reason the National is so late is because of the multiple uturities? And can it not be in September because of the Canadian National? Maybe that is a reason to look at overhauling the Futurity system - so that you pen yourself up for more available venues. JMHO. Jessica MacMillan o Frills Dog Bathing Service & Design aisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) ember of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC ________________________________________________________________ he New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. ttp://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 =========================================================================== OST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION 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 ATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================