One of my few regrets in this sport is that I have never meet you ( some would say it's lucky for you).....our sport will truly be at a loss if you've judged your last show....It's time for you to work on writing a book about this "sport"......best wishes to you...Ed Hill --- On Wed, 12/10/08, vprezhmf <vprezhmf@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: vprezhmf <vprezhmf@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Some old History,and some new To: zrockenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, shereemosesgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 10:59 AM Some old----- I've been judging dog shows for nearly 45 yrs--both Specialties and all Breed shows. During the 70's 80 90's,when I was judging 40-60 shows per year,I was privileged to give BIS to our wonderful German Shepherd Dogs at least 10 times ,with handlers like Ken Rayner,Doug Crane,Don Kille LaMar Kuhns Jimmy Moses etc etc. I was always very much aware that I was well known as a GSD breeder/judge,and therefore had to push the bar up for the GSD that was before me in the BIS ring, They had to be extra special on gait,meet the standard ,and have that little extra in showmanship. I never regretted my choice,and was proud to award the BIS ribbon each time. Some new--- This past weekend (Dec 6-7-2008 ),I judged my LAST show up at St. Cloud ,MN --Granite City KC. I've judged their show for 10 yrs,judged all my breeds ( different ones every year) judged BIS at least 4 times. Put up an English Cocker. Clumber Spaniel etc,but never had the choice to put up a GSD. This year, I had an exceptional mover, young beautiful bitch that Judge Bev Capstick put up in the BREED,and Judge Polly Smith put up in the Group and sent her on to me for BIS I've never seen her before--don't know her,and am just now looking a my catalog. Her name is Ch.Anne-Isle's Heiress V Kenlyn Kaleef-- owners---A. Vandukman & Martha Simonet & Sheree Moses--handled by Kent Boyles. Sire is Ch. Wayside's HonkyTonk Man--- Dam -Kenlyn's Halston Kaleef A very lovely correct bitch and it was fitting that I had the chance to put up a GSD for my last BIS. She looks young right now,but I predict a winning future as she matures. As a foot-note,It was between her and a gorgeous top winning Basset Hound. Also on Sunday, I saw her win the Breed again,under Judge Larry Mackie. I had 75 dogs to judge and left to go home,when I finished judging,so don't know about Group or BIS ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================