Hi all, I'm back from California, what a cool adventure................geez I would move there in a heartbeat !!! If i didn't have a family i would move out there and work with Kevin of Cafe Keviccino making the most awesome smoothies and yummy food! This was my first judging assignment on the West Coast and I loved it, the people there just couldn't be any nicer they all went out of their way to treat me so well. I had a great time !! The Sacramento club has some of the sweetest and fun people in membership. I understand they kinda all belong to each others clubs there so they all work together as a great team to put these shows on. I don't want to mention specific names and leave someone out, but i was just totally impressed and loved the California group there. The club went out of their way to please everyone, they had their food vendor put out a great spread of complimentary food for all and just aimed to please in every way. They worked really hard at putting on this cluster weekend and it seemed to really draw the exhibitors in. I must mention they are so lucky to have an excellent photographer (Terry) who worked non-stop to provide beautiful quality photography for the win pictures and movement shots as well. I had such quality in entries wow.......i had my work cut out for me choosing the winners,,,,both WD & WB finished this weekend and I see my RWB got the major today. They were stars in my eyes............... My Breed and Best Opp winners were absolutely lovely as were the other specials and many other entries that could have won under me on any given day. As a judge it is thrilling to actually have many choices and hard decisions. So a huge thank you to the Sacramento club and all the exhibitors who entered under me........i so enjoyed being there and meeting many new people. Thanks to Evan for the nice comments on my judging and Tedi also, he and Tedi are some genuinely true good people..............it's great to have Evan doing well and posting from the shows. Anyways before i write a novel here...........guess i'll go rest up and savor the fun i had with a whole new group of people in our GSD family :o) Amy Amy Safdir Almanya Shepherds www.almanyagsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================