It is getting late, or at least that is what my eyelids are saying...just a quick note, before I bring in dogs and pass out... it was with great joy, nerves, and pride that we watched our little boy, Hunter, just now 9 in Novice Jr Handling . He and his partner, Ch. Victory's Leviathan, absolutely floored us in that venue, with there teamwork. BIG ring, LITTLE boy, GREAT dog. IMMENSE APPRECIATION TO THE CROWD. WOW, WE WERE OVERWHELMED. Mind you Levi had been conditioned for the last couple of months to GO for Specials....but before Specials was Jr Handling, so "slow" was the watch word. I don't know how Levi did it, but he did..slow and easy for his young boy, and flying and strutting for Ken only a short bit later in Specials where he went 12th of 10 Selects. Levi was also the oldest Special entered, at a bit over 7 years old. I think as long as we live to show dogs, at any level ,that watching our little boy show Levi, was without a doubt the proudest and most memorable moment we could ever imagine. To Mr. Bob Drescher, THANK YOU for your kindness, patience and clear love of the Jrs. We , as parents and friends and family of the Jrs, were blessed to have you in that ring. To our family and friends that worried and supported us through the class, namely Bill Tank, Cindy Tank , Michael Zuzel, Anne Thompson, and our good and great friend Jim Hall...(who is actually *family*, but for a technicality of no common blood, lol) we love you all....and I am pretty sure WE were all a wreck, and Hunter was fine, LOLOLOL Levi, our wonderful Nitro son, what to say about this dog? Gentle patient teacher, SHOW dog, for both Hunter, and minutes later going like a demon and showing his heart out, in Specials for Ken. We wouldn't take a million dollars for him..nope . We adore him. Thank you to you *all* for your most kind comments about Hunter and his performance...it means more to us than you could ever imagine. I am tired, but will email later, love to all there, in Utah this week, and to those that couldn' t make it, WE MISSED YOU, and it was a GREAT national. Kathy sleepyzzzzzzzzzz *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com*<http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/> *Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * * "Victory...*Vires et honestas" ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================