[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: OT/. ROM's my way.
- From: "Robert Dir" <dir@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <arelee_1020@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:42:40 -0600
OH My Gosh Beryl,
What beautiful story. Bless her darlin heart and yes she is an ROM! Sandi
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From: "Beryl Eshom" <arelee_1020@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: OT/. ROM's my way.
>
>
> There are R O M's and then there are...ROM's
>
> Original article by Beryl Eshom
>
> Our foundation bitch was born in 1967, purchased from Cappy Pottle and
> Jean
> Stevens of Tucker Hill Kennels. She was a GV CH. Yoncalla's Mike ROM
> daughter, Tucker Hill's Gretina.
>
> Our "Tina" had an exceptional temperament and a wonderful personality, she
> was
> always so much fun to live with and to show. She completed her
> Championship
> and a
> CD.
>
> During her show career, she often drew a crowd with her antics. Once on a
> circuit with Bob Penny, she became bored while waiting for her turn to be
> examined and judged she picked up an abandoned cup at ring side tossing it
> in the
> air, hoping someone would play her game. She dud catch the attention of
> the
> judge, Helen Polintza. It was not for the points, just a good laugh and a
> placing.
>
> Once she completed her Championship, we (my husband, Russ and I) were
> interested in having a GSDCA dual award titleholder. Tina thought she all
> ready knew that
> dumb stuff, heeling, and the recall, all of the exercises in Novice B.
> They
> were done
> perfectly at home or at training class.
>
> She did manage a CD, but not in 3 trials, for her it took 4. At Sir
> Frances
> Drake KC, under Bob Sisemore she was working on the recall, had done the
> sit
> and stay part, after the come command as she was about half way to me when
> she
> spotted a butterfly. Such a lovely distraction and so much fun to chase in
> the hopes of catching it. She suddenly stopped, gave me that "oh oh, I've
> been
> caught look" and proceeded to come to me by rolling on her back until she
> reached me, then went to heel position.
>
> Mr. Sisemore, smiled as he marked a non-qualifying, score. Most of
> ringside
> was in hysterics. As people were walking by they were exclaiming, "Look at
> the
> German Shepherd". She drew a large audience, and plenty of chuckles.
>
> Tina was not only a clown she seemed to be Mother Nature. She was
> wonderful
> with her litters, kittens, baby chicks, rabbits, anything and everything
> we
> seemed to accumulate.
>
> One cold December morning our daughter, Laura went out to the barn to care
> for her rabbits before she went to school. In a short time she came
> running
> back
> in, upset because a doe had kicked her newborn bunnies out of the nesting
> box. Some were all ready dead, a few survived. We brought the survivors
> into
> the house, got them warmed and put them in a small lined box.
>
> Laura had missed the school bus, so that meant Mom had to drive her to
> school. We decided to put the box with the bunnies inside a laundry
> basket,
> and leave it in her bedroom.
>
> When I returned, I went to check on the bunnies, I found Tina on the
> bedroom
> floor, the basket had been tipped. She was lying there cuddling and
> caring
> for the bunnies.
> She was very protective of them. She was going through a false pregnancy
> at
> the time, and actually had milk. She tried to nurture and nurse these
> strange
> looking newborn "pups." She acted like a new mother, she wouldn't leave
> them and didn't want our interference.
>
> When my husband Russ returned home that evening, Laura ushered him into
> her
> room to show off Tina's new possessions. He looked at them and with a
> twinkle in his eye
> said, "I'm not crazy about the color, but they sure have rear angulation."
>
> We did all we could, hoping the bunnies would survive, eventually over the
> course of several days they all died. It wasn't for lack of trying on our
> part or Tina's. She was devastated she wanted her bunny pups .
>
> Tina previously had experienced false pregnancies on a regular basis She
> would often steal stuffed animals and hide them, these were her pups. She
> had given us three litters; the final litter was a litter of one. The
> reason for her
> frequent false pregnancies was cystic ovaries. We had her spayed.
>
> Even though Tina had not been very productive, we decided that based on
> her
> bunny litter she had achieved her ROM status, Rabbit Of Merit.
>
> ROM is a GSDCA achievement based on the producing ability. Achieving a
> Register of Merit (ROM) is a valued asset to any breeder, and only a small
> percentage of breeding animals meet all the requirements
>
> Eventually two of her granddaughter's did achieve the GSDCA ROM. They were
> Arelee's Diamond Jubilee and Arelee's Joie' de Vie
>
> I always regretted that I didn't take photos of her bunny litter. I did
> take a photo of her with a baby chick on her back.
>
> Memories are so wonderful, all these years later, and after so many
> generations, CH. Tucker Hill's Gretina C.D., OFA has slipped from most of
> my
> pedigree charts. But I will always think of her as our first ROM, not many
> can achieve a Rabbit Of Merit.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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