Just a quick note to say THANK YOU! to Bill Tank for the 3 pt major under D.D. Ardoin. I had forgotten that he handled Happy that week-end and Thank you again to Kathy and Ken for the remaining points to finish Happy. I think never going worse that 2nd place in a show career toward a championship says everything. Anne Thompson #343743 Jagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.pamperedchef.biz/annehthompson Bookmark my site today! ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Tank To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Anne Thompson ; Anne Thompson Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:05 PM Subject: So I am NOT losing my mind, totally,lol....Happyanunoit, clarification Hi Anne It was driving me crazy thinking I was having a serious blonde moment about Miss Happy's points progression to her Ch. I R Blonde you know. lololol So I looked it up in our old records (we keep them to give us an idea what judges like what, and to clear up our fuzzy memories, lol) Her points were as follows...so I wasn't crazy afterall, ok, crazy ,but not stupid, lolol. Below this is an actual excerpt from the AKC pts progression. We showed her as the AKC record shows, with Happy getting 14 pts, all majors, the last of which I remember joyfully, occured under Twyla Minor at the Beehive Cluster. We were all so happy, not realizing she still needed a single point!! When we realized this (I believe an ad had even gone out) We took her to local shows (AB) to get what should have been an easy peazy 1 pt on this gorgeous girl. Remember how stressed we all were because we wanted to take her as a Special to the Daytona Nationals? ugh! lol This is where I think the confusing came in. Jim Hall did in fact show her at the Oregon shows, because Ken and I couldn't get up there. She went 3rd and then three Reserves during the four shows with Jim.... again the whole crew being thoroughly frustrated....still trying to get that nasty little one point...ack. Then she got that HUGE Am Bred win under Helen Gleason at that 2003 Daytona Nationals, with Ken. She came with us, where we took her to Bob Grady, about a week later... and he gave her Open, WB, with Ken and with me BOW, Best of Breed. It was four points , not five (I thought it was five , too.) which gave her a total of 18 pts.....and we all did truly the "HAPPY " DANCE. AND KEN LAUGHS BECAUSE I KEEP THIS STUFF...LOLOLOL...hey, more filing cabinets I can get, a better memory , I cannot, lol. Kathy Total points 18 Total Majors 5 Total majors judges 5 Event Date Event Name Judge Class Placement Points 09/14/2002 Orange Coast German Shepherd Dog Club Mrs. Rosalind Schaefer 12 - 18 Mos. 1st 09/15/2002 German Shepherd Dog Club of Long Beach Mr. Jon R. Clapp 12 - 18 Mos. 1st 10/26/2002 German Shepherd Dog Club of San Diego County Dr. Didier Ardoin 12 - 18 Mos. 1st Dr. Didier Ardoin Winners Winners Dr. Didier Ardoin Best of Breed/Variety Best of Winners 3 10/27/2002 German Shepherd Dog Club of San Diego County Mr. John H. Bemont 12 - 18 Mos. 2nd 03/29/2003 Kern County Kennel Club, Inc. Mr. Robert J. Shreve American Bred 1st 03/30/2003 Kern County Kennel Club, Inc. Mr. Ralph S. Roberts American Bred 2nd 05/01/2003 Intermountain Kennel Club, Inc. Mr. Earnest L. Weight American Bred 1st Mr. Earnest L. Weight Winners Winners Mr. Earnest L. Weight Best of Breed/Variety Best of Winners 3 05/02/2003 Intermountain Kennel Club, Inc. Ms. Minna-Liisa Koltes American Bred 1st Ms. Minna-Liisa Koltes Winners Winners Ms. Minna-Liisa Koltes Best of Breed/Variety Best of Winners 4 05/02/2003 Great Salt Lake German Shepherd Dog Club, Inc. Ms. Twyla Ann Miner American Bred 1st Ms. Twyla Ann Miner Winners Winners Ms. Twyla Ann Miner Best of Breed/Variety Best of Winners 4 Ms. Twyla Ann Miner Best of Breed/Variety Best of Breed or Variety 05/03/2003 Great Salt Lake German Shepherd Dog Club, Inc. Kathy Field Casteel Best of Breed/Variety Best of Breed or Variety 08/09/2003 South Bay Kennel Club Mrs. Mabel (Jinx) M. Gunville Open 2nd Mrs. Mabel (Jinx) M. Gunville Winners Reserve Winner 08/10/2003 South Bay Kennel Club Mr. Charles E. Trotter Open 2nd Mr. Charles E. Trotter Winners Reserve Winner 09/04/2003 German Shepherd Dog Club of Greater Eugene Kathy Field Casteel Open 3rd 09/05/2003 McKenzie Cascade Dog Fanciers Mr. Norman B. Kenney Open 2nd Mr. Norman B. Kenney Winners Reserve Winner 09/06/2003 Eugene Kennel Club, Inc. Mrs. Michele L. Billings Open 1st Mrs. Michele L. Billings Winners Reserve Winner 09/07/2003 Eugene Kennel Club, Inc. 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