Vicki Burkey and I have had the pleasure and joy of watching Travis Hower grow up through the last few years; he is an absolutely wonderful young man to have at your side. He has stayed in our Motor Home at shows and we have had so many laughs. We knew he would mature into becoming another "great" and we love him to pieces. He always has a smile and a hug and obviously loves the dogs....I am so happy to hear he is following in Grandpa's footsteps...we send him our love :-) Pat Lukos SARAVA German Shepherds _www.saravagsd.com_ (http://www.saravagsd.com/) Weeping Willow 2nd Chance German Shepherd Sanctuary _http://weepingwillowgsdsanctuary.com/_ (http://weepingwillowgsdsanctuary.com/) In a message dated 7/25/2010 1:08:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, zrockenstein@xxxxxxxxx writes: Have you met Terry Hower's grandson Travis? I had the pleasure of meeting this young man at the Duluth, MN shows last weekend. Travis has just turned 18 and will be starting his senior year of high school. He grew up working with Terry and was assisting Kent in Duluth. At a time when we talk about so many of us getting older, and wondering where the young folks are, it is a special pleasure to meet someone like Travis! For three days, I watched him run to and fro with dogs and leashes. He fit right in with clients, and everyone remarked how much they liked him. On Sunday, I got a closer look at Travis' potential. Kent and Liz both tried, unsuccessfully, to stack my unruly 4 mo puppy Karla. She just wasn't having any of that! Then Travis asked to try. He walked her five steps and stacked her. No problem. You know that look you see sometimes when the handler and the dog make eye contact for a second that communicates something like, 'I love you and I trust you'? That's the way Travis communicated with the dogs. I sure am looking forward to seeing him come along in our breed! What a breath of fresh air! Zoa Dr. Zoa Rockenstein www.riverrockshepherds.com Home of: Ch. RiverRock's Hotel California (Callie), RiverRock's Straight From The Heart (Sera), RiverRock's Karlotta v. Kenlyn (Karla), and RiverRock's Heart of the Matter (Luke) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================