Carolyn Martello wrote: "THANKS Bill for making COWBOY look good........sorry for the knee injury. COWBOY still thinks you caused him to miss out on a third breeding to that bitch" At my age, i am used to sustaining a knee injury after a breeding. I just didn't know it would also transcend to the dog i handle<G>. Thank god Mr. Cheeks made allowances for my inadequacies and judged the dog instead of looking for a wonderful handling exhibition. He had to wait for Evan to provide that. Lets just say, we don't want a replay of this, so please don't breed this Dog to anymore bitches the week before a show as i no longer want to be dragged out of the ring to a waiting bitch. Bill ----- Original Message ---- From: Carolyn <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ELG440@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:34:45 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] BRAG on Dog Shows NOW- vs COWBOY...vs "good ole days" ooOOOH YEAH!!!! It was WORTH IT!! <G> Our GV ARMY son.........Mar Haven's Last Cowboy Song just got his second major and has 10 points at 19 months thanks to Judge Michael Cheeks and one very limping handler, Bill Basu. We just hope and pray COWBOY is even a speck of his sire's shadow!! Had a dog limp a time or two.....but never had a handler limp before! <G> This is one very powerful young dog and there was a bitch in season that he had just happened to breed two days before the show ......and the owners had her sitting right by the upper side of the ring unknown to us. Needless to say it took COWBOY 2 seconds to know she was there.........it wasn't pretty........ COWBOY won the major but Bill Basu came away with a serious limp ....and as Evan says he was out-handled by Evan for Specials as Basu seriously limped around the ring...Evan did not. CONGRATS Evan! NICE WIN!! I wonder if it's the dog owner's responsibility to pay for the handler's MRI ? No matter how hard he tried.....COWBOY just couldn't make Bill Basu look good after that. THANKS Bill for making COWBOY look good........sorry for the knee injury. COWBOY still thinks you caused him to miss out on a third breeding to that bitch. <G> Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.Marhaven.com We just drove for almost 10 hrs. from N. Calif. to S. Calif. for ONE SHOW! We were entered in both....but due to a judge change we could not show on Saturday according to the"4 month rule" for our handler, so we could only show under one Judge. Good Judges both days but with one being a Judge we could not show under...... that limited us to a long drive for one show. ****************************************************************** And, was it worth it? Don't you just love it when a plan comes together. Cowboy won the major, and this is one of the top dogs on the West coast. You heard it from Norma, now you can hear it from me. It made my weekend. He could have won Best Opposite Sex, but the dog was out-handled by the other handler. Evan (http://www.asgardgsd.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 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================