Hi All - Just a quick post about my trip to Atlanta this last weekend. Many of you remember my not so positive experience with Delta and shipping the Dalmatian girl. Well as fate would have it, we decided to head down to Atlanta for 4 shows this past weekend and well, there was a reason Penny couldn't get on that Delta flight back to Virginia. Penny is my BIF bitch and she finished with two specialty 5 point majors and 3 BOS over bitch specials along the way. The day after she finished, she picked up 4 points on her grand and the following weekend picked up another 6 points. So we decided to attempt the Grand CH this year and we did it in style. At the tender age of 17 months (the youngest special by far), Penny was Select at the Atlanta Dal Specialty (18 specials). BOS the following day (15 Specials) and to top off the weekend, picked up back to back breeds over 15 specials each day too finish her GrCh in style... She ended up with 3 five point majors, 2 four point majors and a three point major (and a couple of singles) and finished her title in 8 straight shows. The best part though - along the way, we beat the #1 Dalmatian, the #4 Dalmatian and the #7 Dalmatian - ALL with professional handlers and lots of advertising dollars behind them. Penny is home for the winter, but she will be back in the Spring. And her big sister Pauli who picked up her first BIS in September, better look out (but I do co-own both girls)... Enough bragging and back to reality (laundry is waiting for me at home!). Jessica MacMillan No Frills Dog Bathing Service & Design Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls (Simmie, CGC, TDI, TC, HIC & Pepper, HIC) Member of: DCA, GSDCA & GTCDC ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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 NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================