What a wonderful weekend, with new friends and old, we had at the Whidbey Island Kennel Club in Monroe Washington. Got to see lots of the Washington folks, Sid Mailberg, (looking GREAT!), Jim & Edie Hall, Denise Bostrom, Juanita, Donna Gonzales, Claire Drosdick, Lorry & Lenny, Julie, Dave, Kay Reamensnyder, Pam O'Dell, Toby & her (cute as a button) daughter, & more. Also, Jodi Belinger from Canada, Tom Mesdag, Jim Barnhart & Chris Carter from Oregon. On Saturday, Kris & Jennifer Christian with their boys & Terry Rock came to visit. The biggest & best surprise was, Bart Bartley! Love those big bear hugs. :) We had 4 points in dogs & 3 in bitches both days and the quality was awesome. The majors were built by cooperation between the Washington & Oregon exhibitors. This shows, what working together can do. Jim & Edie Hall's bitch won on Saturday with Bart at the helm & she looked lovely. We want to, again, congratulate all the winners, but especially our clients & friends for the following: The WD on Saturday was Avion Armstrong, from the 12-18 month class. Lance, as we call him, is by Ken-Delaine's Marksman and out of Avion Paris, owned & bred by Claire Drosdick. Lance was RWD on Sunday. Eric certainly had his hands full with this exuberant long striding 16 month old. Thank goodness he was able to settle Lance down in winners. The RWB on Saturday was Avion Markessa who won a quality filled American Bred class. Kessa is also by Ken-Delaine's Marksman and out of CH Avion Advantage. Kessa was bred by Ed & Claire Drosdick & is owned by Jose Porras & Claire Drosdick. The RWB on Sunday was Witmer's Exodia of Vanderwerth, who is by Witmer's Break On Through & out of Ponka Hills Xelda of Lexus, bred & owned by Susie Witmer & Robert Van Winkle. A small brag of our own, DCT-TebeNobe Me & Bobby McGee won the 6-9 class both days. Thanks to Terry Rock on Saturday & Jodi Belinger on Sunday for taking our puppy into the winners class 'cause Eric had the 12-18 dog. He is by AM/CAN CH Avion Braeburn & out of RBOF Dream Come True-Rivendell Janice Joplin, bred & owned by Joan Intersimone, Eric Norby, Jene & Isabelle Dupzyk. Bob, as we call him, spent the weekend winning the hearts of many of the exhibitors with his outstanding temperament and fluid motion. Bob has the personality of his grandfather "Hippy", better know as AOE SEL EX CH/Can SEL CH Nu EraTragicallyHipBraveheart HSAds. Thank you to all for the compliments on our baby boy. We're looking forward to 4 days in California with our California GSD family this coming weekend. Eric Norby & Joan Intersimone, "GSDog Camp" - Silverton OR ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================