Wow, so many of you exhibitors and breeders did some fantastic winning this week-end. I congratulated many of you and for the rest of you, may I send the same well wishes. I also want to congratulate my dear friends Marilyn and Dan Smith whose co-bred male puppy went Best Puppy at the York Specialty show yesterday under Mrs. Joan Fox. Sorry guys, I don't remember his name but he's out of their FV Ch. Nikiree's Summer Premiere OFA ex Ch. Darby Dan's Jade, (I think I got her name right). While all you guys were out showing, I was writing like usual. I've answered some of my e-mails privately and got way behind. I think I belong to too many different groups on these Lists. Can't keep up with it all. LOL! Anyway, I had quite a few requests for some of my old stories and articles to be forwarded to some people. I can't believe that some people are still asking for things I wrote months ago. I try to get them out to you as soon as I can. Also some have asked if I will send in my article about "Marketing and Advertising" to be published in one of the breed magazines. I wrote this to be published in a magazine, but sent it to the List first. It will be sent to a magazine tomorrow for those who inquired. I sent my condolences to Terri Stout for the loss of her beloved dog. It seems every week we're saying good bye to someone else or their dogs. So besides me trying to catch up on e-mails and writing my articles and stories, it was quiet here in New York today. Amber's eating like a pig and is definitely loosing her girlish figure and will be six weeks in whelp tomorrow. I better enjoy the quiet for now. It's a MUST for a writer. I need to concentrate. Soon the quiet will be replaced with baby cries and demands. "Oh no, what have I got myself into?!?!" So for now, I'm just enjoying the peace........Barbara Galasso ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================