Today, at the Northeast Futurity under judge Linda Bankhead, our Windy Acres-Dirigo Lookin' for Trouble (Luke) went BEST IN FUTURITY!!! Thank you, Linda, for recognizing our young black and red dog . Luke, who is just 12 months old, was trained by his co-breeder, Ariel Cassista, doubled by his co-owners Amanda Ireland and Ariel, and beautifully presented by Colin Howells. Luke lives with Amanda and Ariel and they had him in top show condition. Colin handled Luke to perfection and looked like he was having a great time out there with him to boot. I think Colin was as excited as Ariel, Amanda and I were to get BIG WOOD! We were both humbled and pleased by the enthusiastic crowd support for Luke. It was wonderful to know that so many of the fancy appreciate Luke as much as we, his breeders and owners, do. This was a first for me - I've finished a number of champions over the years, some of whom have been competitive on a national level - but never ever have I won a futurity. I think it's safe to say I'll be smiling about this day for a long time to come. Luke is by 2X Sel Ex Ch Bill-Mar's Here Comes Trouble out of our Noelle, aka Windy Acres' Ben In a Spirit OFA H&E. Noelle is also the dam of Ch Windy Acres' My Oh My OFA H&E (RWB at the North Carolina national) and Windy Acres' Whole Lotta Luv (this year's best female at the northeast conformation Olympics. Laurie Pruett Windy Acres ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================