Just wanted to brag on my boy, Padron, he is just 18 mo old and at his FIRST show today, Chenango Valley KC show, under judge Marie Falconer, he was Reserve Winners dog--this is exciting. I co-own him with a WONDERFUL couple, Dr. Suzanne & Keith Carroll, who were interested and sort of excited to show him--now, after he came out of the ring, I know that Sue was walking around in a daze, calling everyone in her family to tell them he won his class & got Reserve, so now of course I think they have been bitten by the "show bug" and went home today VERY EXCITED about showing their VERY HANDSOME boy. I know this was such a wonderful day-everyone at the show was so nice to them, EVERYONE commented on their boy (our boy) and even a certain GSD breeder/judge we all know who was there as an exhibitor & whose boy was Winners dog, (I'll let her do her own bragging) gave them good info and comments and was soo nice to them. It was SUCH a very nice show and day and since I soooooooo wanted them to have a GOOD experience today-it was just that--SOOO good! They had a great time even before their boy went in the ring ! Especially interesting, this was not only Keith & Sue's first show and Padron's first show, this is ACTUALLY THE 1ST TIME HE WAS EVER OUT in the world & around lots of other dogs and people and stuff--and he was an angel. WONDERFUL temperament and he just did such a great job in the ring. I was sooo PROUD of him !! Thanks especially to my wonderful handler who is soo good to me & so great with all the dogs, Trisha Wylie, LOVE YA Trish !! Lets do it again !! ;-) Padron's daddy is my dear friend Denise Black's boy, Ch. DePahl's Gideon v Heinerburg, & his mom is my girl, "Fire" (Cheradon Erynbrook's L'il Firecracker), Pics of both parents are on my website which will soon be updated with pics of Padron also, and for those of you who are on the other "lists", I am attaching a pic of him there. Now Padron's training will begin seriously and he will be in the ring again soon & on his way to his Championship. Cant wait !! How I LOVE dog shows. (well, MOST of the time. ;-) Take a look at my website and you can see Fire & Gideon & the rest of my family. My boy Chevy (Cheradon Erynbrook's Chevy Beretta) was Reserve on Friday. Unfortunately the entries are down so--& we have small shows--nothing like the 25 or more entries just a few yrs ago. It's sad-I cant afford to show nearly as much as I would like to. (of course, if I had my way, I'd be at a show just about every weekend.;-) But I do my best. Cheri Hunt CHERADON SHEPHERDS Home of some of the most gorgeous German Shepherds in the World ! _Cheradon Shepherds Home Page_ (http://www.cheradonshepherds.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================