First points are important! We earned our first point this weekend on Gabrielle (littermate to Fleur De Lis and out of my BIS CH Ropaja's Chateau Beaujolais and sired by 3x Sel AM & 2X Sel Can CH Keylis Purple Rain) who has been at home waiting her turn to get out. Thank you Lynda Bragg Workman for taking my wild child in the ring...She (Gabrielle not Lynda) hasn't learned yet to sustain her lovely sidegait or perhaps it was my fault for being at the end where the ring opening was? Sigh! Either way, thank you Lynda for your bravery in hanging on to the end of that lead and thank you to the judge Jeanie Montford (new judge from Australia) for giving Gabrielle WB...It was really interesting to watch a person judge who had no clue who any of the people were on the end of the lead ...and of course with an AKC rep sitting at ringside watching everything...Soon, we will have Gabrielle ring trained, meaning that she needs to go past the opening and not out thru it (shades of Mary G who has always trained her dogs in the ring, VBG!) Congratulations to the other winners! There was a lot of comradery outside the ring which was really good! Pauline Moon - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/) Ropaja German Shepherds: Member: GSDCAmercia & GSDCAtlanta - BIS BISS Ch Ropaja's Chateau Beaujolais OFA HIC; BISS Ch Ropaja's Chateau Beaulieu OFA HIC; Our future: Ropaja's Je Suis Gabrielle; Ropaja's Je Suis Fleur De Lis. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================