Just wanted to say thanks to the many people that helped out when Alan, my husband got ill at the Nationals. I do not know all of your names but thanks you bunches. We went to the emergency room and they did blood work and checked him out and gave him a shot of phenegrin (sp.) and 2 bags of fluids and potassium and told us it was probably a virus. Well, he slept the rest of the day. Hope all that fell ill at the National are home and well. And hope all the California folks are safe!! Just wanted to also thank all of you that stepped up to help with our Big T dog (Ch. Mar Haven's Solitaire Traveler). We had to leave for the hospital not long before he went in the ring for Breed. Thanks John & Molly for making sure Alan and T made it to Colorado and back, to Cyndi Flautt (I owe you a bottle of Pepto), to IIleana for doubling, Mary for all your help (always) and to Greg for grooming and working so hard getting T Boy ready for the Nationals. And thanks to Al Martin for taking him in even though you did not know if he would work for you when we weren't even there. Well, he did work and I think he looked great. We arrived back in time to see the first cut. Alan was sleeping in the car (thanks Gail Hardcastle for letting me park the car by the open door so I could go back and forth to check on Alan). I was watching and wondering if I should let T Boy know that I was there because everyone was doing such a good job without me. Well, T Boy made it to the last cut and we are so proud of him and the way he showed. Thanks to all who made the nice comments to us and to Al Martin about our Big T and to all in the crowd for your support. Congratulations to all the winners!! Thanks to the Colorado club for having a great National. We will work hard to make sure that next year's National in Beaumont will be enjoyable also. So we hope everyone plans to make the trip to Texas for the 2008 GSDCA National!!! Thanks again, Shirley Melvin Corresponding Secretary GSDC of Beaumont, Inc. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================