Nancy and I were very proud of our young girl, Masstana's Midnight Celebration, (Gala) for her performance (2nd place) in the 9 to 12 bitch class at the National. Gala was shown to perfection by Sean Conboy who had just put a Best Puppy on her the previous Sunday at the Northern New Jersey specialty under Charlotte LaRosa. Gala was one of 3 litter sisters shown at the National in the same class. This litter was born on 12/31/08 and we choose the names to indicate the New Years Eve celebration. Besides Gala her sisters Masstana's Midnight Kiss and Masstana's Mariah, The Party's On, owned by Glenn Murphy, were in there. Kizzy was handled by Al Martin who also expertly handled her to 4 place in the 6 to 9 month class (12 puppys shown) at the Canadian National. Mariah was handled by Elizabeth Steiffleman (sp) who had recently put a 4 point Major on her at just 8 1/2 months. Big congratulations to Glenn and Elizabeth again. Both Kizzy and Mariah are solid black girls. This National was exciting, especially the Specials classes. Dave's procedure was text book for dealing with such a nice entry. I am confident that all the exhibitors felt they got a good look even if they did not make the final cut. Congratulations to all the winners and placers and the volunteers who worked so hard so that all the exhibitors and spectators could participate at our Big Show. John V ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================