Today at the Golden Valley Kennel Club show in Northern California, which is part of our annual Turkey Circuit, Jezra's Zahara of Showboat, aka "S T E L L L L A" won a large American bred class and went on to Winner's Bitch for a three point major. Then in Best of Breed competition, she gaited her way to Best of Winners and Best Opposite Sex over four female specials and added another point to make it a four point major. She was handled to Winner's Bitch by Art Sinclair and then Zac Hudspeth took her in for Best of Breed competition, as Art was on his special. My big, big thanks to both Art and Zac for making this "baiting fool of a girl" look so good! This brings Stella to 12 points needing a 3 point major to finish her championship. Thanks to judge Richard Lewis for this very nice win and his great comments on Miss Stella. Stella had several BP and BOS puppy wins at specialties and a major reserve from the 12-18 class but she has been sitting out for a while while she matured and while I had other dogs to show. We just brought her out in August and she has been having a great time in the ring, even when I had to take her in twice for Best Breed competition and went BOWs with her both times. It has been way too many years to count since I have been in the ring showing a dog! LOL Thanks to Debbie Hopkins for her beautiful grooming jobs. Stella was bred by Jim Cunningham, Paul Root and Tracy Radigan. She is out of BIM Rivendell-Chopae Rubasse and is sired by my Strider, GCh. Rohan's Reward TC,CGC,HT,RE,CDX. When she is not at shows, she has the very important job of keeping the squirrels up in the redwood trees in my backyard, except for the time when she caught one and brought it in the house to me. Life is never dull with "S T E L L L L A" Kay Springer www.showboatgsd.com Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning GCh. Rohan's Reward TC,CGC,HT,RE,CDX,CHIC (h,e,h,t) DM Normal 80 Best of Breeds - #5 & #6 GSD 2009- Eukanuba BOB 2008 & Eucanuba BOS 2009 aka "Strider" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================