Just got back to sunny Miami from a weekend trip to St. Louis. The club needs to be commended on the great shows they put on. That is one hard working club. I had never been to Purina Farms and found it entertaining and accommodating. I had a chance to see the new Expo Center and its quite impressive. The shows were held outdoors under beautiful weather conditions. My only complaint is that the restaurants in the area are definitely very limited. It was great to see old friends and meet new ones from this part of the country. Now to our brags....... I specifically went to see our new girl, Lucy ( Von Nassau's I Love Lucy) whom we purchased from Tom Mesdag and Pam O'Dell. We saw this young lady when we visited Sacramento and Kathy just fell in love with her. Lucy had only been shown twice in Novice prior to this weekend. With very little ring experience, on Saturday am show and under judge Tony Monk, Lucy wen WB/BOS for a three point major! Then on Sunday under judge Charlie Mardecz she went RWB for a major reserve! What a great start. The quality of animals was excellent and we were so proud of the effort she gave. Thank you Tony Monk and Charlie Mardecz. Thank you to team Yergin. Most of all thank you to Tom Mesdag and Pam O'Dell for making her available to us. Our girl Holly then went into the Breed Ring under John Bemont and took BOS over a number of Specials. We did not show her in the am under Mr.Monk. On Sunday, Holly again went BOS over Specilas under Mr. Mardecz and completed her grand championship. Thank you Mr. Bemont and Mr. Mardecz. Holly is now: 2011 BIF Mid-Atlantic,2011 FVX, 2102 BIM MId-Pacific region, Gr. Ch. Depahl's Halston! We are blessed by the presence of these animals in our lives. Joey & Kathy, Manny & Norma ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================