The clothing thing made me giggle. I'm a horse person first and if you want to see specifics about clothing, behaviors etc read the requirements of a foxhunting club. Every element of clothing is spelled out, their is wiggle room but for the most part you are limited to about 2 choices. Also in the appearances is details on braiding your horses mane and tail. To make it GSD related - maybe everyone coming in the ring in matching clothes would make it harder to tell who's who and give the newbies a fairer shot (tongue firmly in cheek on that one) Sarah<<I suggest someone ask Nancy Guttenberg if it would be against the law to tell all members they had to wear bright red jackets to the National........> as a private club, I don't understand why we can't set standards of behaviour, etc. As has been pointed out a dozen or more times, other clubs do.........(some even require wearing particular items of clothing at certain events).............Peggy>> _________________________________________________________________ Gear up for Halo® 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. It?s our way of saying thanks for using Windows Live?. http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_WLHMTxt_2 ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================