...Dogs with shy bladders at 2 am in a drenching downpour/blinding snowstorm/hotel with no dogwalk area available...... To this delight I will add...Dogs who will not poop when they are on a leash; dogs who know why they are out there in the below-zero Minnesota dawn, yet demand to sniff everything there is to sniff before anything of theirs will hit the snow, and poop that you step in in the dark, in the only pair of shoes you brought, because some "thoughtful" person didn't clean up. But I lowered my expectations long ago. I don't need BOB, or even points, to get that "priceless feeling". I had it this weekend when my first home-bred puppy won her 6-9 class, her first 2 times in the ring in Minneapolis. Non-doggy friends came down from St. Cloud to watch her and then had a dinner party for me to celebrate her blue ribbons. She was beautifully presented by Kelly Salava and Liz Oster, and I had fond memories of being a handler when I was their age. To the newbie who started this thread, my wish for you is that you will always enjoy the little victories. Dr. Zoa Rockenstein RiverRock Home of RiverRock's Hotel California Stoneway's Venus of Woodside and their cat Shadow ________________________________ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================