Last Saturday under judge Kathleen Field Casteel, my dog, Asgard's Winter Nights (AKA Gus) went WD and BOW for 2 points. Then Sunday under judge Gloria Birch, Gus went WD for another 2 points. Pending AKC approval, of course, his name is now Champion Asgard's Winter Nights and he is my very first CHAMPION! Yippeeee! Gus is out of Ch. JP's Tequila Sunrise by Hunter of Cedar Canyon and bred by Tedi & Evan Ginsburg and John Passafiume. He is the grandson of Am. & Can. Grand Victor Ch. Survival's Tuff Decision, T.C. and BIF BIM Ch. Big Ben of Encore, OFA. Two GREAT dogs. Thank you so very, very much to the following judges who awarded points to Gus: Mr. Robert Eaton, Mrs. Vickie Migliore Roye, Mr. Rick Orlowski, Mrs. Rita Sandell, Mr. John Bemont, Mrs. Kathleen Field Casteel, and Ms. Gloria Birch. Thanks also to Mr. Paul Root, Mrs. Ann Gray, and Mrs. Joanna Rand for awarding Gus with Best Puppy's when he was little! Thanks also to Tedi and Evan Ginsburg for letting me have Gus when he was 11 weeks old and to Sharlonna McGaha for those early days of training at the park! I can't forget my mentor, Angie Stegner, who I miss so very much, but whose warm smile I felt on Sunday. But most of all, thank you to handler extrordinaire, Cindy Tellefsen who was (literally) behind Gus *every* step of the way :>) and to Sheryl Brockett who in such a short time beautifully trained and conditioned Gus to become the CHAMPION I always knew he was! "New Champion" What long sought after, beautiful words to hear! But the best part was that nearly all my friends in dogs were there to share in my tears of happiness and support my dog. Thank you!!! Sorry for going on so long, but so many people have helped me along the way and I am truly grateful to them. Sheesh, this reads like a speech at the Acadmy Awards!!! Lori Stewart San Diego ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================