Well it's been a short spring of shows and we have had some good luck lately. First, on April 8th, our Masstana's Midnight Celebration (Gala), went WB under Doug Crane at Delaware Valley GSDC for her 2nd 3 pt major. She showed like a dream and we thank Mr Crane for his recognition of this exciting bitch as she showed her heart out. We showed her one more time then she blew her coat and we sat her down for a couple of months and brought her out for the Bay State Specialty on Saturday June 16th under judge Michel Chaloux where she won the open class and went reserve to the Am Bred bitch, Signatures Ruthless v Kridler (who went on to BOB over 5 specials). Mr Chaloux has some very nice things to say about our Gala and it was a close decision he said. Then at the Southern New Hampshire GSDC show on June 17th, the positions were reversed and Gala went WB for another 3 points (her 3rd major), under judge Mr. Thomas Coen. It was the first time we had seen Mr. Coen judge and we were impressed with his judging, not just because we won but because he did a great job in getting the best dogs that day to the front of the line. In all these shows Gala was handled outstandingly by "Master" handler George Berstler who has handled for us for over 30 years. We truly appreciate your efforts on our behalf George. Then, while Gala was sitting out growing a coat, we decided to show our solid black bitch (Gala's litter sister) Masstana's Kiss at Midnight (Kizzy) at a couple of shows. First, on June 3rd we went down to the Southern New Jersey GSDC to show under Dan Smith but when he had to cancel and we ended up showing under the knowledgeable GSD judge and breeder, Brenda Newby, where Kizzy went WB for 2 points her first time our this year. Kizzy was handled again by George who did a great job. And big thank you to Mrs. Newby for appreciating our beautiful bitch. Then on June 9th we showed Kizzy under Bob Slay at the Greenwich KC show in Norwalk. Kizzy again went WB for another 2 points. This time Kizzy was handled to perfection by Sean Conboy who does an outstanding job with our bitches. Big thanks to Sean. We really appreciate your coming down to show our little girl. We enjoyed watching Mr Slay judge as we hadn't seen him since we showed our bitch Masstana's Ocala Vom Cypress at the St Louis National back in the 80's. I believe that was the national he put up Marge Dolan's puppy (Dolmars Elegance) out of the 9 to 12 class. We went 2nd American Bred then and were thrilled to do so well with over 20 bitches in her class. He has great ring procedure and gives everybody a good look. Again we believe he gives all the dogs a good look and gets the best one's to the front of the line. Good judge, highly recommended to anyone looking for specialty judges. At this show he put up Edie Trocki's dog, Ch. Legate Hill's Forth and Won (Brady) to the breed and again judged him to 3rd in Herding Group. Congratulations to Bob and Edie on their beautiful Brady. All in all a good June for sure. Thanks for reading. John and Nancy Vaught _www.masstana.com_ (http://www.masstana.com) PS: At the Bay State show we trotted out our littlest star, Masstana's Next In Line, or Nexi for short. She is just 18 week old and is out of our Ch Masstana's Karli (Bono daughter) bred to Sel Ch Shebland's Grayson Camareigh (Bono Grandson). Her picture can be seen on our web page under current stars. She is unbelieveable! Too good to be true! But it's fun looking at her. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================