I'm so sorry for your loss. Everyone who knew the dog will miss him to. Ken & Marie. --- On Mon, 5/9/11, barbmarkh@xxxxxxx <barbmarkh@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: barbmarkh@xxxxxxx <barbmarkh@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Rainbow Bridge To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, kevinreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, pmick@xxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, May 9, 2011, 6:07 PM It is with a sad heart and many tears that Kevin, Mark & I have to report the passing of                        "Scoop"   AOE, 2 x American Grand Victor, 2 x Canadian Grand Victor, 4 x Select Excellent,       Best in Show, Best in Specialty Show, Best in Maturity, Am. & Can.        Ch. Marquinâ??s Xtra! Xtra!   RA, TC, HIT, ROM  OFA H&E                   We have so many wonderful memories â?? from the all breed shows (Westminister where Scoop liked the girl in season better than showing to Peggy getting to see him go BIS , the many specialty shows, the futurity (where it snowed)/maturity (where we finished in the dark), the nationals (from the thrill of going Winners Dog from the BBE class and Select to the honor of two Grand Victor titles and then the emotion of watching him in the Parade of Greats). Scoop loved the attention â?? the more noise the crowd made the more he loved to show â?? he was dubed the â??Eye Candyâ?? dog and he was so beautiful But Scoop was more than a show dog â?? he loved to toss his baseball in the air and then catch it and to play keep away â?? he liked for us to toss the toy way in the air for him to catch â?? and intimidating his little dogs made his day (he loved to say â??keep away from my toys â?? and they are all mineâ??) â?? he liked going to obedience class and then, with a twinkle in his eye, forgetting everything we had practiced â?? and he loved the jumps even when he wasnâ??t suppose to go over them. He loved to herd sheep â?? but would move them 3 or 4 times and then go lay under the tree. He tried tracking and was pretty good . . .he loved to greet company â?? he thought everyone came just to see him - and he was great with kids â?? he loved to snuggle and he could hear a treat bag opening from a mile away . . he loved to do anything that he could do with us â?? a great pal and a great representative of the German Shepherd breed and we miss him so very much . . . . Good bye for now our sweet Scoop â?? we look forward to seeing you and your dad â??Flashâ?? at the Rainbow Bridge Barb & Mark Hefner and Kevin Reynolds ===========================================================================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/ ============================================================================