What a Weekend!!!!!First of all the personal success we with co-owner Leana New had, in showing our "Blonde Bombshell" 12-18 bitch was to say the least, Thrilling. She {Kida} was expertly guided to Winner Bitch both days under Dick Jones and Sally Hayden, by George Berstler, and animated by Liz and Maria. The sportsmanship and congratulations on Kida were deeply appreciated . Kida is sired by Sel Ex Ch Braunhaus Samurai and her dam is Marquis Legally Blonde, also a rich black and gold Sable. The competition for the shows was very deep, with beautiful winners and many others that will finish in the future. From the Mpls/St Paul area I would like to Congratulate, the Metz's Ch Vinney wins , Martha Simonett with the Reserve Bitch, the Blooms on their TWO Best Puppie wins, the Simmersons beautiful puppies, on their wins. The Fut/ Mat was held on Sunday, with Randy Darnell judging, which of course means we were not able to show , as he is married to Cathy, our daughter. Once again , we were impressed with the quality of the entry, making a placing truly an accomplishment to be proud of. I feel that the Fut/Mat system is indeed fortunate to be using the Reserve winners to also compete at the National Specialty, and with quality like we saw here, possibly even more should be eligible to compete on a National Level. If I had to comment on any animal imparticular it would have to be the ARMY dog. I have not seen this dog since the National, but I was blown away , as many others were, by his performance. Flawlesssy handled by Kent Boyles, this Stallion is truly; in a class of his own. Congratulations, I feel, are also in order to the very prominent sire of many of these dogs'''Sel Ex Ch Welove DuChiens Rollins'''' Paul Johnson pauliej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx EarthLink Revolves Around You. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================