Hi Hope: A very special congratulations to you on your "Nikki's" first point!!! Way to go! Also Happy belated birthday. This was one reason for me to write to you. The second reason I'm writing to you is even more important. Don't ever think you are a "no name", or a "nobody". People may not know of youYET, but with your love of the breed and hope and determination, you shape the FUTURE of the breed. The breed needs people like you! You do COUNT for something, and do realize that there are very nice people in the breed, but just like in everything else in life, there are those that are TOXIC. Hopefully you will continue to seek the former and avoid the latter.. Continued good success to you because you really are a "SOMEBODY" in your Nikki's eyes and for those of us who remember what it felt like to get that first point. Never met you, but would be delighted to do so, Barbara Galasso p.s. just look at my salutation to you in the beginning of this e-mail.......it says "Hi Hope", and that's what you should continue to have.....high hope!!!! Hope Gorrondona wrote: >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >YEAH!!!!! >Nikki got her first point this weekend (and BOW). It was my birthday >present..thank you Nikki (and judge Robert J Caswell Jr and her handler, >Greg Eschette ;) It was a small show, but the entry was made up of >quality dogs. I was glad to see that. Nikki is so attached to me >that it's hard for someone else to handle her. I'm happy to see that >she is getting more comfortable with Greg, and he is doing a great job >with her. Nikki got lots of compliments from some knowledgeable GSD >people.and that was as important as the win, in my opinion. >Speaking of GSD people..since the subject of the way well known >exhibitors treat "no names" like me, comes up from time to time. I >would like to thank Mary Tripp for all the help and encouragement she >gave me this weekend.as well as for her making me not feel like a " >nobody". I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with you and Cindy (sorry >I don't think I ever got her last name :-)). I look forward to seeing >you at shows in the future. >Hope Gorrondona >Daystar German Shepherds >www.hometown.aol.com/daystarshepherds > > > > > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org >============================================================================ > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================