  This paper reviews recent abundance results of local dSph giants. All dSph
systems seem to show evidence of slow star formation rates, compared to the
Milky Way, based on the most metal-rich stars exhibiting low [even-Z/Fe] ratios
and high [s-process/r-process] ratios. The most metal-poor stars in the Draco,
Ursa Minor, Sextans and Sculptor dSphs seem to show a split in their light
even-Z, Mg and O, and the heavier even-Z, Ca and Ti, abundance ratios, where
the light even-Z are halo like and the heavier even-Z elements exhibit sub-halo
abundance ratios. This split remains a mystery. A review of the first dSph
abundance results from FLAMES+GIRAFFE on the VLT and HRS on the Hobby-Eberly
Telescope shows that the study of chemical evolution of dSph galaxies is
rapidly moving out of infancy and into an era requiring very large surveys
and/or targeted studies.
