HI everyone...I'm back from a long hot weekend in Canfield, with great results...however, I will let the owners brag... But my own special brag from another place this weekend came from Ms Chyna...she went to a Herding Trial with Julie Degan and passed both days and got her HT. She now (with AKC and Parent club confirmation) will quality for her AOE. Chyna is gonna be 8 years young...and is gonna be home tomorrow night...I can't wait, I miss her so much~ Her official titles will be AOE CAN GVX CH AM SEL EXC BISS BIS NE BIM Ch Jantar's China Lake of Witmer, TC, HT. Did I say how proud I am of her??? Thank you to Suzi Witmer for selling her to me many years ago. Chyna has been my soulmate, if that is possible in a dog...with just a look we know what each other is feeling and thinking...Thank you to Lenny Brown, Leslie Dancosse, George Berstler, Olivia Calabrese, Jeff Pyle & Shawn Convoy for at one time or another piloting her to a major win...which I am forever grateful. Chyna had a great advertising campaign with the 1st pullout centerfold in the GSD Review...with a couple of really great photographers...I only wish Betty Ashdown could be there to see her strut her stuff this fall...she is in a assisted living home somewhere in OR. I miss her friendship, company & partnership with Chyna and all the other big things we did together~ She is such a magnificent show dog...life friend...and now performer...she will be in Kitchner and Colorado in both Parade of Greats~and in writing my paragraph of 75 words or less...I couldn't say all of the above...so I am here and now... I will probably be crying then and won't be able to hear a thing... Donna Donna M. Calabrese Aramist Enterprises onaluzlead@xxxxxxx new website to come... ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================