My dog, Asgard's Winter Nights (a.k.a. Gus), went WD and BOW at the GSDC of Long Beach last Saturday under judge RITA SANDEL (WOOHOO!!!! can you believe it....RITA SANDEL??) ***AND*** WD and BOW at the Orange Coast GSDC last Sunday under judge John Bemont. Thank you so very, very much to both of these judges, but especially to Mrs. Sandel for the incredibly nice compliments she had for my dog. I heard them second hand because I was hiding, as usual, in the south 40! The prior weekend Gus got a Major Reserve at the Kern County Kennel Club under Mr. Ted Nichols. Thanks you also to Mr. Nichols. This was Gus' second RWD at an all breed show! Most of all, thanks to Gus' handler, Cindy Tellefsen, and Cheryl Brockett & Roger Bishop who have Gus right now for training and conditioning. This is my first show dog and I had no idea where to start or how to do it right. In the short time Gus has been with Cheryl he has had 4 WD, 3 BOW, and 2 RWD (1 major reserve). She is the best! I also want to say how nice the new park was for the GSDC of Long Beach show. I agree with everything Kathy Tank had to say about it - large trees with plenty of shade, great parking, close facilities, great for the RV'ers, and was in a nice, safe, area. Thanks to whomever found this park (I think it was Tedi Ginsburg) and I hope we can go back there in the fall. Lori Stewart San Diego ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================