This is not a show brag but one I am proud of non the less. Just got a call from a gal who bought a pup from me about a year ago. She does SAR and wanted a pup to train as a cadaver dog. She took a lot of flack from most of the team and some from other teams because she got a "show dog" and not a "working dog". Most of them with shepherds had either German or Western European line dogs. Well!!! This pup is now 16 mos and 2 wks old and just blew away her ARTA test. She nailed every task and passed with flying colors to become deployable. She is the only dog tested today that passed. She was the youngest there with all the others being 4 to 8 years old and with 2 to 6 years of training. She had to search three sectors alone (handler not allowed to go into area with the dog), had to clear a house and a large dump type area with lots of debris. She found and indicated on all the targets including buried, hanging and hidden. The evaluators told her handler that they have never seen such a young dog do so well nor seen one who was so obviously thinking and solving the puzzle of the "lost remains". Way to go Sherie and Shar - Congrats from a proud breeder and your Mom and Dad. Threese - Limited Edition Shepherds (VA) http://members.aol.com/gsdgodiva/LTDGS.html <http://lasthopesafehaven.com/> http://lasthopesafehaven.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 ============================================================================