Harley was re-united with his old friend and #1 fan, the woman who gave him his "Dog Show Foundation," trained him, groomed him, put the first (and all necessary) minor points on him, put a major reserve on him, put his first BOB, from the classes, over a multi-group winning special, on him, a couple other BOB's on him, and, basically, taught him all he knows about the Breed ring...Ms. Michelle Cassidy. It was so good to see them teamed up again. Michelle had an extra-special good day on Sunday, as she finished her home-bred Aussie, Driver, the hard way.............all from Bred-By....with BOB's, Group placings, and an AKC JAM/AOE along the way. We met up at the Del Sur shows and Michelle and Harley gaited their way to back-to-back Best of Breeds. Didn't get a piece of the Group, but looked GREAT and got a good look from the Group judges, in a tough Southern CA Herding Group. These were Harley's 16th and 17th AKC Best of Breeds. It was a really wonderful weekend in beautiful San Diego/Del Mar. His other #1 fan, Uncle Evan Ginsburg, was there to witness the performance. Evan & Tedi's beautiful Honey went RWB both days. She just needs one more point for her well-deserved Champion title. Another #1 fan, Gale Taylor, was there with back-to-back WD, Debon. Harley is the grandson of the wonderful Ms. Twyla Miner's wonderful Ch. Stepaside, ROM, and my wonderful beautiful Ch. Diana. :-) Harley is, of course, AKC JAM/AOE American Champion & International Champion Asgard Harley Davidson v Plamark, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC and is regularly handled by JR Alcantara. He is co-owned by Chuck Sedgewick and Tedi Ginsburg. While at the show, waiting for Group, Harley had his heart ruled normal, for OFA. Like Uncle Evan always says, one can never have too many initials before and after one's dog's name!! :-) :-) I can't believe how many things there are to do with our dogs!! Every time I turn around, there is OFA, people wanting DNA swabs for research, new AKC titles....................this is really a fun sport!! Paula, 203 days and counting ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================