WHAT A GREAT WIN, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: " Oak Smith" <osmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "showdog" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:59 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Major Brags/Owner handled/Colorado Well a couple of Brags here. Sunday at the Plum Creek Shows in Denver Colorado our boy HME Joelle's Leonardo Windward Earned his 3rd major and a BOW under Judge Betty-Jo Patrick. It was a 4 pointer. He has now earned 3 majors, two at specialties and one at an all-breed. He is a AM AOE SEL EX CH/CAN CH Joelle's Diamond Da Vinci TC RN out of Wyndeans Hijinx of Asgard dog. He has also earned his Health Merit Excellent award from the GSDCA. :{) Now for my brag. I HANDLED HIM! Yes it's true. In my class there were dogs handled by Kent, Scotty, JR, Sergio, Ken Tank, Clint Livingston, Val Manning and many others. My boy came out that day on top. :{) Several things I would like to say here. First: this was fun! :{) Yes you guessed it, this was the first time I have personally shown a dog to win a Major. I am still grinning, Carrie never believed I could do it. Second a huge thank you to all those professionals who were all very supportive. You guys can not believe how great it was to be out there with you. Third: I want to tell all of you that Scotty is one class act, Scotty if you read this I want to thank you very much for your support in the BOB ring. Also Kent is a major class act. He mentioned to me on Saturday that there were a couple of things I could do to make my boy look better grooming wise. Don't know if that was the answer but I did win the next day. :{) Also a big thank you to Sergio who reminded me while I was out in the ring for winner's that it was time to "stack your dog Oak!" GSD people are the absolute best. Finally Tiffany, Jo-Anne if you should happen to read this, thank you from the very center of my heart for hooking me up with, and trusting me with, my absolute best pal: a dog called Leo. He wins at Specialties, he wins at all-breeds, and he is just one great personality. Hope to see you all down the road, next up Albuquerque. Oak & Carrie Smith Oak Ridge German Shepherds Dedicated to the German Shepherd Dog Signers of the GSDCA Breeders Code of Ethics. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================