I just want to congratulate all the winners at the National, the dogs that got placements, the GV and GVX and all of the Selects! What a great national, and I'm still speechless (that's why I haven't written yet) that 'Storm' is now Sel. Ex. Ch. Tindrock's Fire Storm at NIMH, OFA, TC, HIC!!!!!!!!! It was very tough competition and there were many more dogs and bitches that could have gone Select..........but where do you cut them? I think Ed did what he had to do and as I said, could have had even more Selects! Way to go Ed! Getting Storm to this award was a TEAM Effort, and humble and sincere thanks to Bart and Cindy for their belief in Storm and getting him into condition for the National! Boy, it's good to have friends like them! Also, thanks to Jim, Sheree, Jane, Kent and Raul for their support in this endeavor and to Raul for a great handling job! I am truly blessed. I must also thank my good friend Sue Barr who stayed behind and cared for my dogs while I was at the national and also, to you, for the crowd support. I also want to thank Laurie Pruett who put me in touch with Steve and Pat Roda, who drove Storm home to me, so he wouldn't have to fly! I want to thank Michele Hitt (who is not on this List) for allowing me to take Storm home after Keith's passing 2 weeks after last year's national, for without that, Storm's Select would not have been possible. I know for sure Keith watched this from heaven above! And to Leslie, your hug meant the world to me because you, you handled Storm's grand dam "Sel. Ch. Kena" to her Select back in 1993! This was a long time coming and I am so happy! Thank you everyone, and to anyone I may have forgotten to mention--Thank you. This is a National I will never forget! -Cheryl Olson/Tindrock Shepherds ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================