[ SHOWGSD-L ] Herding Brags
- From: EJDegen@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:21:40 EDT
I am very proud to announce that TWO Dallas kids (who are also both breed
champions) finished their Herding Started Titles this weekend!
CH Naiyala of Crestview HSAs TC had a beautiful controlled run to earn a
THIRD place in a HUGE Started class (full of mainly Border Collies!) on
Saturday. Nala saw sheep for the first time last August. She earned her PT
in
December, and now has finished her HS as well! We moved her up to Herding
Intermediate on Sunday and she ALMOST Q'd there! She had without a doubt the
most
difficult set of sheep of the day. The stock handler even asked the judge if
she could change sets because the working stock dog couldn't settle the
sheep. The judge decided to let Nala try and she did AWESOME. She worked
this
set of sheep like a PRO and altho she just missed qualifying (by just 1 point
at the Y chute cause of the nutty sheep), she showed how awesome she can herd
and the kudos that she received afterwards from the other herding competitors
was better than any green ribbon! Even with the nutty group that we got,
she was controlled & quiet and by the time we got through the Y chute, she
had
settled them down and drove them & finished the course beautifully.
CH Caisson's Unconditional Surrender HSAs OA AXJ NF also had a beautiful run
(5th place also over many border collies!! :-) ) to finish his Herding
Started title on Saturday. Yankee just started herding in November and was
not
ready to try Intermediate, so much to his distress, I helped work the started
class and he sat out on Sunday :-)
I am very proud of both of these dogs...they worked their hearts out this
weekend and were a good showing for German Shepherds. They were the only two
GSDs at the trial and I can't tell you how many people came up to both Dania &
me talking about how nice it was to see beautiful German Shepherds,
especially ones that were such awesome "working" dogs :-)
Julie Degen
_www.caissonkennels.com_ (http://www.caissonkennels.com/)
"A well-balanced German Shepherd has a title on both ends!"
P.S. Just a side note...my border collie, Radar, worked HIS heart out for 3
days solid sorting sheep, setting sheep out, etc., for the test classes as
well as both A & B courses. He was a PERFECT little working dog and thought
he'd gone to herding heaven. Instead of getting 2 minutes in the ring
competing, he worked 8 hours on Sat & Sun (as well as getting things set up on
Fri).
We may love to beat the black & white dogs with our GSDs, but I do
appreciate and love my little one, too ;-)
**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money &
Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)
============================================================================
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
============================================================================
Other related posts:
