If you don't know this man, you need to meet him right away, and if he considers you his friend he'll go out of his way for you so you don't have to. He named one of his dogs Whalen in honor of another stand up man, Dick Whalen. Richard along with a few others is perhaps the reason I enjoy going to dog shows...the man is funnier than I am!...I was shocked to hear that this great young Bi-color Champion dog pasted away...Richard GAVE one of Whalen's pups to me because he wanted me to have a good dog...and he laughed at all my hard luck stories in this sport ( laughed with me)....I'll tell you how much I like this guy....I drove five hours to his home!...I DON'T DRIVE THAT FAR FOR ANYONE!....but to show you what kind of a guy Richard is, he offered to go out of his way by driving half the distance to meet me because he knows I hate to drive!.....Richard will breed more great dogs, he always has, Whalen was special...just like Richard and his wife Liz....Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================