I don't know where to start except that this year's national was fun, exciting and it seems like the entire week flew right by! "Caballo" Is now Select Excellent, Grand Champion, Marquis' Horse With No Name, OFA. Caballo was absolutely... gorgeous with the best handler ever and his other mommy Liz Oster. Liz took off his couch potato fat over the course of a month and conditioned him every day. Those two are definitely fun to watch in the ring. He loves her and does his favorite tricks for her in the ring and anywhere else he can get by with it. I could not have been prouder of the two of them. THANK YOU SO MUCH LIZ!! This show was very special to me... Caballo is a very special dog. He's out of: "Oscar" Best in Show, 2009 #1 Futurity/Maturity Sire, Multiple Group Winning, 2007 Canadian Grand Victor, 2X Canadian Select Champion, 2007 U.S. Maturity Victor - Best In Maturity, 4X Select Excellent, American Grand Champion Marquis' Stealing The Show, ROM, TC, OFA AND "Kida" 2007 Futurity Victrix, Best In Futurity, 2008 Maturity Victrix, Select Champion Marquis' Blonde Bombshell, OFA Caballo is owned by: Liz Oster, Daniel W. New, Judy DeRousse and myself. Oscar, Kida and Caballo were all bred by Liz. Caballo was handled by Liz. I think it's truly awesome that not only did she breed his awesome parents and him but she also handled him to perfection. That is absolute true knowledge, talent and love Oscar and Kida were Liz and my heart dogs. Thank you again to Valerie Harrington for the gorgeous picture. You do an awesome job and work your tail off to take care of the crazy dog show people like us! Yep, this is long ... there aren't enough words to describe how exciting this past week was and to show how much I appreciate what Liz has done for us and the dogs. Caballo is back home with his daddy... laying on the couch... eating bon bons, watching General Hospital and playing with his babies. I think he misses his other mother quite a bit but he'll see her allot! ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================