Summer,Adam and Mr & Mrs Summer are just the best people you could ever hope to meet! Summer already has adopted Grand Parents but I hope their is still room for other adopted family members! Ill have to see if she is open for Aunts! Wanna be my niece Summer? Tami Medusasmom...forever Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2012, at 11:38 PM, InquestGSD@xxxxxxx wrote: > Summer watches everyone and pays attention. She is one cool kid. I am so > glad to see her sticking it out. And to see how all the west coast handlers > have shown their support to her. I've been lucky to spend time with her > and her family, and is true that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. > Great family. > > Oh, and she loves Dexter....smart kid....LOL > > Good job, Evan, good job. > > * Ileana * > Love me, love my dogs. > ************************************************************************* > I started off teaching Summer how to handle a dog. I got a lot of help > from Cindy, Debbie, Bob Grady, and others. When she learned how to > handle, I > then took some time to teach her how not to get beat. Only then did I > try > to show her how to win. These are all different. > > I made sure what happened to me when I started, did not happen to her. As > > her dogs got ready to win, I did not take them away to give to a big name > > handler. I stuck with her. We may have taken a bit longer to finish Kirk > because of this, but it was important to her, and to us. > > All during these lessons, I tried to show Summer how much fun it was to > play in the ring with dogs. How nice other handlers and owners were, and > how she would enjoy being in the ring, win or lose. I never stressed > winning, > and tried to make her enjoy the shows, in or out of the ring. > > I encouraged her to show at a National with a young dog in the classes > and > shared with her the excitement to even place. I introduced her to as > many > of us as possible and made sure she talked to people like Ileana, Nancy, > Bob Dresher, Donna, Bill Basu, Molly and so many others who encouraged > her. > > Only now am I starting to emphasis the value of watching what the other > handlers are now doing to beat her, and how to deal with it. > > As a result she loves to show, looks forward to the ring, has made > friends > with her dogs, and does not judge the quality of the time she has at the > shows against whether or not she wins. > > That is how to encourage a Junior. And, this year if the board allows > it, they will all get a medal from the Youth Recognition Fund. And, if > you > all get up off your wallet, some money in the shape of a savings bond as > > well. > > Evan L. Ginsburg > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================