I had the greatest time judging the Canadian Western Region futurity / maturity on June 3rd. This club is just unbelievable...they treated me and the other two judges, the wonderful Roots, like royalty. It was one of my all time greatest time in dogs....so great to share it with my beautiful daughter, Edie Hall. The dogs were just beautiful, not one hint of shaky temperament, some stunning movers, and breed type so deep...particularly the marvelous hunky Canadian males: both sexes demonstrating that you can have type AND movement, without sacrificing one or the other. The handlers and owners were terrific to me, win or lose, I got hugs, and lots of compliments. The club had a stunning barbeque Sat, just about the best food I have ever seen at a dog show. Again, cannot thank the club and exhibitors enough, you have brought a great deal of happiness into my life. Everybody this past year said, just go and have fun, (I was extremely worried about judging)...and yes, I did have fun! Syd SYD MAILBERG _WWW.KINGSWOODGERMANSHEPHERDS.HOMESTEAD.COM_ (http://www.kingswoodgermanshepherds.homestead.com/) COMMISSION PORTRAITURE ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================