Cyndy, Thanks so much for sharing. It brings back wonderful memories of working with Ulf and getting Rex's HGH. It is amazing to watch a dog work a large flock of ewes, lambs and, believe it of not, a couple of goats thrown in for good measure in pastures without fences and as large as football fields. I remember the first time Rex and I had to take the flock down a county road and praying that today would be the day not a single car would drive by. I was so nervous I thought I would throw up. Then there was the time in the early Spring when Rex had to work the border of a pasture so Ulf and I could help a ewe deliver a lamb. Well, Ulf helped and I stood there with my mouth hanging open. He finally asked, Have you been paying attention to your dog?" Truth was I hadn't even looked at my dog for 20 minutes and there he was, just doing what he was supposed to do -- perfectly. Of course, there was the time during a seminar when I was concentrating on Rex doing the "walk up" and everyone started to giggle and laugh and Ulf asked about the sheep. I turned around and guess what? There were NO sheep. They had left to visit the cows in the next pasture! Lee Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndy Davis" <cyndy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <SoilentGrn@xxxxxxx>; <rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <knlsunrise@xxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 11:59 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] HGH competition in Dallas in 2008 > The Fort Worth Club has been given permission to host a > Herdengebrauchshund > (Herding Utility Dog) competition in 2008. > You can read more about what a HGH entails here: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5093/hghguidelines.html > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================