Small brag from the South Bay AB show in Torrance, CA. Today, under judge Lani McKennon, Miss Karena Avila went 4th in a very talented Open Intermediate class. These Juniors are amazing. Karena was showing Maggie (Milo's Here Comes Trouble, CH Calarand Survival's Magellan X Utopia's Sexy Sadie) Maggie is co-owned by Karena. Karena has only been showing GSD's for about 8 mos and after today (and pending a correction needed from AKC) she will be #15 GSD Junior Handler. I like Junior Showmanship. It isn't ALL about the big win. When the kids place, and defeat other Juniors, they get points. The big win is awesome when it happens but when they place, the smiles are beaming :-) The competition is very good. And, I haven't seen any other Juniors with a GSD showing in Juniors for a long time. They aren't the typical push button dogs the kids like to show. Karena is dedicated to making this work. She and Maggie were awesome. Karena is relaxing more in the ring and Maggie knows it. Maggie really moved out today and they looked awesome. (Maggie loves Karena and klings to her if Karena gets nervous, silly dog, lol!) Thanks for reading this. I am really proud of this team :-) Laura Thomas http://www.treasureranchgsds.com/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================