Well, falling in the ring, especially with someone else's dog, is pretty embarrassing.? Been there, done that.? Right Stormy? LOL!? But, the most embarrassing and not up to par with some, was my girl Charm in obedience.? Charm is my GSDCA 2004 Hero Dog, Good Will Ambassador, therapy dog and crisis response trained and helicopter certified.? She has a lot to live up to.? Anyway, during the off-lead heeling at an obedience trial, Charm alerted on something and stopped dead in her tracks.? She stood at attention as I completed the entire exercise sans dog.? The judge, one of my favorites,?told me to call my dog.? I did and she ignored me.? I had to go get her.? We just laughed as this Judge has?owned GSD's and knew Charm quite well.? Needless to say, we did not qualify that day.? It turns out there was a fight in a parking lot at least 200yrds from the ring and not even in sight.??Yep, it was embarrassing but funny at the same time. Laura?????? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================