Longing for some more "doggie" conversation, I sat down and came up with this. Play along if you like. Copy and paste and then delete my answers and put yours there instead. Barbara BESTEST – (Old English word meaning BEST) 1) Best place that a GSD National was ever held. Georgia 2) Best intersex judge that ever judged at a GSD National. Ed Barritt 3) Best overall Grand Victor of all time. Quick 4) Best overall Grand Victrix of all time. OMG way too many, but without seeing her in person, and just looking at her picture, I thought Fetuccini looked gorgeous. 5) Best overall male that never had a GV title. Ironsides (Charlie) 6) Best overall female that never had a GVX title. FV Ch Doppelt Tay's Gilda 7) Best GSD handler of all time. LaMar Kuhns 8) Best GSD ambassador (someone who has gone above and beyond the service to our breed). Then: Bob Penny, Now: Dawn Restuccia 9) Best GSDCA president of all time. Can't answer that for I've only been back in the breed now for three years. 10) Best hotels to stay at when traveling to dog shows. Holiday Inn Express 11) Best restaurant to eat at when traveling to dog shows. Cracker Barrel because they're reasonable and good. 12) Best advice you ever received from a breeder, judge or handler. was a breeder (who I co/owned a male with) who told me that he will get pulled apart, talked about and blamed for everything. She told me when I can't come up with an answer to these "not so nice people", just blame it all on her. She was right about these people and I did blame it all on her. hehehe! 13) Best part about belonging to the GSDCA. The Review! 14) Best reason to own a GSD. To teach us the character that we should all strive to achieve in ourselves! 15) Best reason not to own a GSD. To capitalize and profit from them while giving them little more than the bare necessities in life. 16) Best dog that you wish were still alive today so you could breed to him: GV Mannix of Fran-Jo 17) Best show dog you ever owned. BIM Ch Arbar's Xanadu ROM 18) Best male dog you ever bred. American & International Ch BOF Sel #3 Ch Chieftain's Kharu CD 19) Best bitch you ever bred. BOM Chieftain's Nuance 20) Best thing you want to be remembered for pertaining to the GSD breed. That I was there for the little guy, by helping and encouraging them and making them believe that they could when they thought that they couldn't. 21) Best lesson you’ve learned from dealing with people in the GSD breed. Most are a passionate group of people who are highly competitive looking for self actualization, and recognition by their peers and will do most anything to achieve it. And the lesson learned.....................never trust a "secret" to your competitor for you've just given them a weapon to defeat you! hehehehe! -- Barbara J. Galasso CHIEFTAINS GERMAN SHEPHERDS Visit my website at http://chieftainsgermanshepherds.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 ============================================================================