>From: Anne Ryan <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Clarifying Amy's Post >Can someone clarify for me if the GLFA is a membership organization which >sanctions shows like the AFA, or simply a sancitoning organization with no >members, like LIFE. Thanks! As far as I am aware the GLFA does not sanction shows (at least I have never heard of it). They are a club in MI with lots of members. They do have their own show standards & train their own judges. Is that the case with LOS? Or all they all sanctioned by LIFE? I am not a member & never have attended a LOS show, so I am not sure how that works. I know that the GCFA in past years used independent judges, in recent years some (if not all) AFA judges. Does LIFE have their own standards & judges? I am assuming so since they sanction shows. >From: Vickie LoMonaco <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: A question and a comment >I'm worried about her because, although she was quite plump and soft and >healthy-looking, she had a mat of hair under her tail that looked like it >had poop stuck in it, and the other thing is that, at the time anyway I >thought maybe she had a prolapsed rectum that was swollen and sticking out >about a quarter inch; but after we left, I got to thinking that maybe it >wasn't her rectum but her vulva? Her vulva should not be inflamed like that (unless she has an infection). Sounds like a rectal prolapse to me. She may be having diarrhea - this would explain the prolapsed rectum & matt of feces stuck under her tail. Or she may not be getting enough liquids- thus making her have hard poopies & her rectum prolapse from straining. Another possibility is the prolapse could be from trauma of descenting. If she is prolapsed, it needs to be found out why & then action may be taken. Prolapses usually go away on their own if properly treated - rare cases may need to be medically stitched. Amy Flemming Flemming Farms http://www.geocities.com/heartlnad/ranch/9521 [Posted in FML issue 2400]