......I've worked in some type of law-enforcement for almost 30 years, I've seen things I try to forget, the dark side of the human condition I've experienced has changed me, made me impossible to live with, incredibly depressed and angry at times....thank God for counseling and medication!....where and I going with this?...I was at the National, and I saw perhaps the best male in Utah (in my opinion)....he evidently was not himself, and surely was upset about something. I saw the same dog only one time before, at last year's National. Regardless of what I saw Sat. in Utah...this is a GREAT DOG!...If he's in Kansas next year...what out!...knowing a little about illegal drugs and their effects, I'm troubled by a VET speculating with out having the results of a urine or blood test.....God I wish no one in Utah did anything to this OUTSTANDING German Shepherd dog....but I surely believe there are dog folks capable of such behavior!...but the Vet's speculation just fuels the fire and stirs up the "lynch Mob" prematurely....dogs,humans, and other animals sometimes act out of character for rational and irrational reasons......lets wait until we have a crime, before we select the jury!...now If I could some how get some of Kobe's sperm into my GV Army of One  daughter?.....I just might show again!...Ed Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Werner Sommers" <wernersommers@xxxxxxxxx> To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tokaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 8:01:42 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: KOBE's National Dear Kathy, � ������ I'M very sorry for you and your dog, it is my wish that he will be healthy again. � ������ Did the Police take his blood to the state crime lab? in WI. this would be a felony.� (if the rotten bas....was caught. � Werner http://imagegermanshepherds.com/ �BISS Am/Can CH. Scher-Lo's Mr Karizma HIC.OFA h&e Am.CH. Hadori's Samantha OFA h&e B.O.F CH. Pointed, Lorien's Play By Play OFA h&e � --- On Mon, 10/18/10, Kathy Potter <tokaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Kathy Potter <tokaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] KOBE's National To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 9:21 PM I'm trying really hard not to mix the two emotions I'm feeling - but what happened to Kobe is the dark side of this national story. He's home and fine now. Ann spent 5 hours at the vet with him in Layton and ran all kinds of tests. The vet believes he ingested some kind of LSD/amphetamine. He hydrated him and calmed him and told Ann that it would take 8-12� hours to get out of his system. He couldn't do any kind of further testing - state laws, etc because they were only an Emergency Clinic. We did have him do liver, kidney, cbc which were all normal, ruling out an infection or any liver or kidney problem due to the ingestion.� He was running a 103.5 temp which vet said is common with drug poisoning.� Ann said that by around midnight he was nearly himself. Prior to that he was shivering, shaking, didn't know her and was very edgy - almost hallucinatory (all of which I witnessed myself-and you saw in the ring).� A very sad day for her, me and Kobe and  for the term 'good sports manship'. I can ASSURE you all that you will see GV Ch. Canadian� Ch.Am Select Excellent Ch. Kobe again being himself. We will be sure that he is protected. That is a promise!! And my last words about this are: SHAME ON YOU. Kathy ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2010.� All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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