Let me simplify it for you. It is MORE than the OFA certs required for the GSDCA AOE. The cert came in the mail today. I didn't ask, nor apply, for it. It just showed up in my mailbox!! The Certificate says CHIC #64047 Required tests: GSDCA Temperament Test Elbows Hips Cardiac Thyroid DNA Data Bank His OFA page is really cute with the CHIC logo all over it. I guess I should pay the $10 and put his pic on the page. I don't know if many people actually look there. But, it is only $10. Evan asked me today when will I have won enough!! I will have to think about that. I don't think we are done yet.......not even medium rare, actually!! This is way too much fun and a great way to spend weekends......better than Bingo, even!! Actually, at dinner tonight, I told an all-breed Bouv handler about Evan's comment. He laughed with me........yeah, like I'm gonna stop this dream of a lifetime!!! :-) :-) JR just grinned; no comment; he knows my dreams and is doing his best for me....he is really enjoying our luck, too!! I work for a California (read bankrupt) public school district. We are being forced to take furlough days due to huge budget cuts. I have the greatest boss...he said I can take my furlough days whenever I want. Guess when I want them???? You got it.....on 3 and 4 day dog show weekends!! Every cloud really does have a silver lining. Sally, if Evan and Tedi would only have let me spay Ch. Diana when I wanted to (day one of her first heat -- my dogs are pets first, show dogs secondly, and I really don't like living with intact bitches), you would not have to read Evan's brags. Nor my inane posts. Of course, I wouldn't have had my first champion, so, I thank them for that, too, every day. What greater friends can you have?? First Di, now Harley. WOW!!! I don't think that they realized that they were creating an obsessed dog show person, though. But, I smile a lot.....a LOT!! Harley has not yet been neutered, so that particular rumor is premature. He is not, and will not be, a transvestite, though...he would be WAY too butch for that. :-) :-) Even soaking wet, he is ALL male!! Thanks for the attention......that is what we all want, after all......oh, yeah.......and TONS of luck!! Sometimes I think that I am the luckiest person on earth. Paula Home of Best in Show, Multi-Group Winning, GSDCA Dual Title Award Recipient, AKC JAM/AOE, International and American Champion Asgard Harley Davidson v Plamark, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047, DNA tested clear of the long-coat factor. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: ELG440@xxxxxxx Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:32:10 EDT Subject: I get my thrills where I can I just got a phone call from the owner of Harley. She is on the road to more shows. Harley just got his CHIC award. No, I have no idea what that means, but I don't think I have ever earned one. Nor have I played one on TV. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together --------------------------- From: "sally" <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: I get my thrills where I can Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:07:59 -0500 Oh Evan it means Paula had him nuertered and he is now a hot looking girl CHIC www.embroiderybysally.org ------------------------------ From: ELG440@xxxxxxx Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:34:10 EDT Subject: I get my thrills where I can Great. Let's start that rumor. I am sure it will make Paula's day. She is on an eight hour drive to some more dog shows. Evan Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together ____________________________________________________________ Rates as low as 3.32% APR Refi to low APR before rates rise. $200,000 for $884/mo. No SSN req'd http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4bdbb58c3dbc32b1a52st02duc ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================