I thought about it. He wanted to be a Broadway Star! barbarar NHANSBURG@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >1. At some point probably before new years I wanted to thank the 66 judges, 14 >handlers and the OFA for being so considerate of my dogs with 125 awards(which >is one for every puppy I ever whelped)(these are things to do with your >copious free time) > >2.I think we should all try to remember that they are all just dogs with a >good sprinkling of virtues and some faults which we can manage to live with. >they have no aspirations beyond trying to please us. all the aspirations are >ours. > >3. This is an artificial game we are playing. Right from planning a breeding >for specific breed requirements down to every title.Beauty in this case is not >in the eye of the beholder. It is in the mind of the player and we have been >psychologically programmed to look for certain things.We accept what we are >told to accept as we accept the ten commandments. > >4. Our dogs are beautiful dogs otherwise we would be just as happy owning a >mutt.That tells you a great deal about all of us. > >5. I know a guy > who was in this breed for many years. He lived near Philadelphia. he finished > some champions, got a judges license and put 14 points on the last bitch he > was campaigning and then one day just like that he stopped and never even > went to another dog show.Now i want you to think about why he might have done > that. > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 >============================================================================ > > > -- Barbara R. icq#14282540 domara4@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.domara.com (beautiful GSDs, where form follows function) http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/animalportraits/index.htm (watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic paintings) http://barbrazart.netfirms.com/ "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================