2 ROM's(pending GSDCA approval) in 6 weeks - how sweet it is! Bree-anna's (Trafalgar's Pacific Chai x Bronson) win yesterday, completed the requirements for NATL WB 2x AM SEL CH / CA MVx SEL CH/ TRAFALGAR's Pacific Chai (J-LO)'s ROM. In late September we learned that her littermate, our GV TRAFALGAR's Premium Blend (Mocha) had earned his ROM. They are out of our US/CA SEL CH TRAFALGAR's Night Heat ROM x AOE SEL CH Weicho's Flashdance ROM. Both Flashdance & NightHeat have definitely proven their genetic worth to the breed, when you consider the accomplishments of their progeny against the number of litters bred/progeny produced. Sue & I must take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to two breeders in particular. First & foremost was Bart Bartley. Bart appreciated Mocha at a time when I was ready to retire him. Mocha wasn't really being used (there were/are many more hi-profile dogs out there, and since I only had his sister, I was not in a position to breed him in order to promote his progeny). Bart brought Mocha home with him, and did what he does.the end result, in a span of two years (a total of approximately 6 months with Bart, Cindy & Candy),we had a Grand Victor and before we had a GVr, a dog that received a few nice girls (not a vast number of bitches, but a few selective bitches that Bart was influential in getting for Mocha, based on what he thought would be a good breeding for both). Once again, THANK YOU BART, CINDY, & CANDY for all you have done to write so much of the Mocha story. The second breeder I must thank is Laurie Hathaway who loved Mocha and did three breedings with him (one due to a 1 puppy litter). Laurie is no longer with us, but it is because of Laurie and the efforts of her daughter Abbey, that we have Mocha's ROM. Thank you Abbey for continuing to show your mom's Mocha progeny and for completing Mocha's ROM with your most recent major win on Stonewall's You're Not The Boss Of Me. Finally, we would like to thank the breeder's and owner's of Mocha progeny for making this possible. Without you and your efforts to keep, place, condition and exhibit..well the dream would still be just that, a dream. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Michael & Susan TRAFALGAR German Shepherds LTD. TRAFALGARgsds@xxxxxxxxx 610-827-1833 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================