Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 10/8/2007 1:28:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time, =20 uwish@xxxxxxxxxx writes: =20 What fun. I hope a lot of people respond. Lots of memories and thought=20 questions too Carol Moore BESTEST =E2=80=93 (Old English word meaning BEST) 1) Best place that a GSD National was ever held. Georgia - Albany, OG 2) Best intersex judge that ever judged at a GSD National. Ed Barritt - =20 Ralph Roberts 3) Best overall Grand Victor of all time. Quick - Marhaven's Color Guard 4) Best overall Grand Victrix of all time. OMG way too many, but without =20 seeing her in person, and just looking at her picture, I thought =20 Fetuccini looked gorgeous. One of my favorites - Lynrick's Krystal - She=20 could really do it all 5) Best overall male that never had a GV title. Ironsides (Charlie) -=20 Sundance Kid (Bear) & Brentary's Gunner 6) Best overall female that never had a GVX title. FV Ch Doppelt Tay's - CH= .=20 Covy-Tucker Hills's Angelic Gilda 7) Best GSD handler of all time. LaMar Kuhns Jimmy Moses 8) Best GSD ambassador (someone who has gone above and beyond the=20 service to our breed). Then: Bob Penny, Now: Dawn Restuccia - Barbara =20 Wiliams 9) Best GSDCA president of all time. Can't answer that for I've only=20 been back in the breed now for three years. BOB Hamilton 10) Best hotels to stay at when traveling to dog shows. Holiday Inn Express= =20 - Holiday Inns 11) Best restaurant to eat at when traveling to dog shows. Cracker=20 Barrel because they're reasonable and good. Any good buffet that has =20 chicken liver for dog treats 12) Best advice you ever received from a breeder, judge or handler. was=20 a breeder (who I co/owned a male with) who told me that he will get pulled apart, talked about and blamed for=20 everything. She told me when I can't come up with an answer to these=20 "not so nice people", just blame it all on her. She was right about =20 these people and I did blame it all on her. hehehe! - From a famous judge:=20 "It is Not a liver transplant" 13) Best part about belonging to the GSDCA. The Review! The members, I=20 think they are great 14) Best reason to own a GSD. To teach us the character that we should=20 all strive to achieve in ourselves! - To have unfailing love and a toasty= =20 footwarmer in winter 15) Best reason not to own a GSD. To capitalize and profit from them=20 while giving them little more than the bare necessities in life. - German= =20 shepherds are addictive, you always want more 16) Best dog that you wish were still alive today so you could breed to =20 him: GV Mannix of Fran-Jo Maybe Gotti, does not necessarily mean I think=20 he is BEST, but I loved the attributes he threw. 17) Best show dog you ever owned. BIM Ch Arbar's Xanadu ROM - 3XSel Ch BI= S=20 Scharo's Spellbinder ROM HT TC OFA 18) Best male dog you ever bred. American & International Ch BOF Sel #3=20 Ch Chieftain's Kharu CD Spellbinder and Scharo's REDRUM 19) Best bitch you ever bred. BOM Chieftain's Nuance Scharo's FIre & Ic= e=20 (only 3 mo. old) 20) Best thing you want to be remembered for pertaining to the GSD=20 breed. That I was there for the little guy, by helping and encouraging=20 them and making them believe that they could when they thought that they=20 couldn't.- That I bred typy GSD, sound of body and temperament, that were=20 loved by their families and healthy enough to live with them for many years= . =20 Winning the show ring is just icing. 21) Best lesson you=E2=80=99ve learned from dealing with people in the GSD=20 breed. Most are a passionate group of people who are highly competitive=20 looking for self actualization, and recognition by their peers and will=20 do most anything to achieve it. And the lesson =20 learned.....................never trust a "secret" to your competitor =20 for you've just given them a weapon to defeat you! hehehehe! - That your=20 opinions about German Shepherds will probably differ, but all truly love th= e=20 breed and we Can all be friends. ************************************** 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 ============================================================================