Me too! penny On May 31, 2011, at 5:03 PM, Kathy Tank wrote: > That is terrific Penny. I am not saying of course that the dogs > don't enjoy the shows, plenty love it, love to please their owners. > I think most basically just want to hang out with us, regardless of > what we have in mind, lol... > but I just could never think of a GSD as a commodity, nor choose > between my success in the ring , and it's health or longevity. > Things happen as it is, gone too soon. The ribbons are there as a > reminder of the great times we had together, but I would give them > all up to get back a few more weeks with our departed dogs. > Kathy > http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com > UPDATED: April 20, 2011 > 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" > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Penny & Bill > <ketchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks, Kathy. You are right too--we "covet the ribbons and the > Championships and the like for OUR sakes. . . " I did it last > weekend even--Forest was in a Veterans class because I entered her-- > she could have cared less about being shown. Heck, she'll be 12 > soon! But as long as I was there too, she was happy. LOVE that dog! > > Penny and The Farm Dog > > > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================