[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: MENTORS

  • From: Sally Hayden <sallyhayden5@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:04:55 -0600

I went it alone for 40 years. Always did my own thing. Lots of tears at the 
beginning but I never forgot the lessons learned .  Conformation titles yes ., 
performance titles no not interested then.

My feelings then and now is that I only have to make my self happy

Sally
www.embroiderybysally.org
CHRISTMAS SALE


On Dec 7, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Penny & Bill <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With all the talk and advice to Sara, it made me wonder how many of  
> you "got into" shepherds.  I met Ellen Heintz in the 1970s--we were in  
> The Western new York Schutzhund Association and I liked the way her  
> black dogs looked and acted.  She was my mentor for a long time, then  
> became my best friend.  In my life, I have rarely met a person with  
> the knowledge that woman possessed!  I loved her.  When I began  
> showing, her husband Gene handled for me.  (In a previous post, I  
> admitted to always having 2 left feet for the breed ring.)  <G>  Gene  
> was NOT a professional handler, but he put points on my solid black  
> male Landsend's Obie of Jeenellyn, CD, OFA.  I owe Ellen everything.   
> She saw something in a rank beginner (ME) and answered every question  
> and recommended books, sponsored me for the GSDCA, so many things.   
> Gosh I miss her!
> 
> How about the rest of you?  Did you have mentors?  Or did you go it  
> alone?
> 
> Penny in NC
> The Farm Dog
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