This weekend, at Ladies Dog Club in Boston, under respected judge Tom = Coen, Windy Acres' My Oh My OFA H&E went WB (from Bred-By), BOW, and BOB = over 5 very nice specials to finish her AKC championship! My My then went = on to win the Bred-By Exhibitor Group under Debbie Hokkanen. She is our = 15th Windy Acres' champion. Unfortunately, we missed the regular Herding Group competition as we went = out to lunch 3 or 4 miles from the show site - roads were fine, light rain = - and then Boston turned into a BLIZZARD! - I'm from Maine and I've never = seen anything like it. It took us almost 2 hours to get back to the show = and we got there just as the Herding Group was ending. Even then, we were = stuck in the parking lot - my van was NOT budging and I thought we were = going to spend the night in the van. Finally, the plows arrived and a = good Samaritan helped push our van out of the snow onto the plowed road = and we were able to drive to our motel. It was quite the day... "My My" was the 1st open bitch & RWB at this year's national under Debbie = Hokkanen. In addition, My My won the bred-by class at this year's = Canadian national under Michel Chaloux. Last year she placed in the 12-18 = class at both nationals - 2nd in Canada under Gary S. and 4th under Rita. = She is by our own Am/Can Champion Windy Acres' Sound and Fury OFA H&E out = of Windy Acres' Ben In A Spirit OFA H&E (a Ben daughter). She finished = with 3 majors (both specialty and all-breed). She was just two in May and = we hope to have some fun with her now as a special. Thanks to the following judges who recognized My My's quality: Christine Carter - Best Puppy at the Central Mass specialty her first time = in the ring Kay Reamensynder - Best Puppy and RWB from the 9-12 puppy class at the = Western Mass specialty Helen Gleason - Best Bred-By Bitch and Bred-By Herding Group I - Central = Maine Kennel Club Delaine Thomson - 3rd Teenage bitch - Northeast Futurity Cappy Pottle - 1st Junior Maturity bitch - Mid-Atlantic Maturity Carl Liepman - WB BW=20 Chuck Trotter- WB BW BOB over specials =20 Dr Lee Anthony Reasin - WB BOB =20 Irene Bivin - WB, BOB=20 Sandy Dancosse - WB Debbie Hokkanen - WB, BOW (specialty held at an all-breed) - 2 points Doris Farell - WB - Rochester specialty - 3 point major Al Engleman - WB. BOW - GSDC of SNH specialty - 4 point major Tom Coen - WB, BOW. BOB - Ladies Dog Club - 4 point major My My was handled this weekend by her friend, co-owner, co-breeder, and = trainer, Ariel Cassista. =20 Laurie Pruett Windy Acres =20 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================