[ SHOWGSD-L ] New Champion
- From: "Shirley O'Brien" <alma_gsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: SHOWGSD-L <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:16:14 -0800
I am forwarding the following post to the list with Linda's permission.
Following her post are some additional comments that I made. :-)
Shirley
Linda Kury wrote:
> Over the last weekend in Las Vegas my beautiful dog Rossi finished his
> championship and on Sunday went Best of Breed over specials. What an
> exciting weekend and great way to finish. He is now Ch. MarHaven's Rossi V.
> Mariner by Sl. Ch. Elvaston's Southern Bryne X Mariner's Diva D'Arte. Rossi
> is co owned with Carolyn Martello and Debra Kaser ( his breeders). He was
> superbly handled by the incomparable Jerry Guzman.
>
> You are receiving this information so late BECAUSE we just got home about
> midnight Wednesday morning. WHY. Because the van broke down on I 15
> between Baker and Barstow, Ca. The serpentine belt broke, then the pulley's
> froze, causing the van to overheat causing the radiator to crack causing the
> water pump to leak.
>
> About an hour later both a CHP and the tow truck arrived. Rossi and Rose
> rode in the van which was put on top of a flatbed trailer tow truck. Quite
> an experience for them. My wonderful friend Shady Briggs (no hyphen)O'Brien,
> oopps I mean Shirley Briggs O'Brien accompanied me on this trip and I was
> very grateful to have her with me.
>
> Lucky for us the tow truck driver raises Am Staffs and took us to a garage
> that was right next door to a Travel Lodge which was right behind a
> Starbucks and across the street from Barstow station ( a place with fast
> food restaurants and souvenir shops because it's a stop for the gambling
> buses on the way to Vegas from LA).
>
> They finally finished the van Tuesday and we left Barstow about 3 PM. Quite
> a bit poorer I might add.
>
> Now you might think that was the end of the drama but oh no, not for us.
> Somewhere around Patterson the turn signal lever on my van broke with the
> right turn signal stuck on on. Drive for 3 hrs. with the signal blinking,
> blinking, blinking.
>
> There's more
>
> Shirley refused to leave me in Barstow although I encouraged her to rent a
> car and drive home. When we got to my house Shirley decided to drive home;
> she backed her van into the old, non used giant satellite dish left here
> from prehistoric times and put a dent in her back door. Mind you this is
> the same back door that was just replaced two weeks ago when someone rear
> ended her.
>
> The dogs handled everything quite well and in hindsight it's clear it could
> have been much, much worse.
>
> Anyway it was a lovely weekend until it ended.
>
>
> Linda Kury
> Solitaire German Shepherds
> Clearlake Kennels
> On the shores of beautiful Clear Lake
>
>
>
> There are a few things Linda left out:
>
> We both had court dates this week. :-)
>
> On Monday, I was scheduled to appear in Colusa County court for a
> speeding ticket. Fortunately, my "legal Beagle" (Tom O'Brien)
> represented me and got me a continuance.
>
> Linda was scheduled for jury duty on Tuesday and learned she was
> supposed to show at 8:00 A.M. Fortunately, she was able to leave a
> message and they excused her til May.
>
> On the second day in Barstow, whilst lounging in front of Starbucks, we
> were approached by a woman looking for "the shelter." I figured, by
> that time, we looked (and smelled) like we knew where it was. :-)
>
> Rossi and Rose proved that German Shepherds really can pee and poop on
> sand, and small strips of sand at that. :-)
>
> Shirley (aka Shady--don't ask!!)
>
>
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