My dear friend, Dawn Van Dyken (breeder/owner of GVx Dawnhill's Carli) is visiting in SoCal and just informed me that an old friend in Michigan, and very long-time member of the GSDCA, Eileen Van Wieren, passed away last Tuesday. Eileen was a breeder of unquestionable integrity. She believed strongly in health testing and breeding for health and temperament. She loved GSD's. She also had the most wonderful sense of humor. You may remember a few years ago at a National, Evan announced that an elderly lady was locked in a car in the parking lot and was holding a sign up in the window for HELP! Dawn had left her sleeping in a rental car and Eileen couldn't figure out how to unlock the door when she awoke and needed to go potty! We have laughed about that so much! Eileen, too! She was always shaking her head at us! She will be sorely missed. Paula, 218 days and counting Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, 2 Time AKC JAM/AOE, Intern'l & Am CH, Silver Grand Champion Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047 (Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, & Thyroid), 1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee, 2010-2011-Lifetime AKC Eukanuba Invitee. 2 Time Cruft's Invitee. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================