I remember seeing him for the first time. Bob Freeney was setting him up for candid shots for his admirers. I turned and there he was, at that VERY moment, I understood EXACTLY what the standard meant by "It is well balanced, with harmonious development of the forequarter and hindquarter" Also the smooth flowing lines from top of head down the neck and withers through the neck, and level back to a long gradually sloping croup. It all came together for me when I saw Mike. I regret I never saw the beautiful Santana's Man O'War. The best picture I have seen of Phantom is on page 142 of the book by Jane Bennett, "The New Complete German Shepherd Dog" Phantom was beautiful and much like Mike in structure. . Pat Parsons and I use to road work Phantom and his 1/2 sister Jasmine (both sired by Sel Ch Caralon's Hein vd Lockenheim) side by side as we prepared them for the shows. This was before Phantom went to CA. Great memories. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Scheubler" <rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx> To: "DaList" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:49 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The dog that took my breath away I think Mike was the GSD that made me sit up and take notice - Ruth ________________________________ From: Terry Cochran <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> To: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; VSabiaB@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:25:38 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The dog that took my breath away Ok You ole farts are making me do all the work here :0) Link to Mike http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/403121.html Link to Judd http://gsdca.org/GSDReviewed/hdogs/HollamorJudd.html To the newbies on the list. If never got to hear Bob Penney talk about Mike and Judd you have truly missed a treat. I sure miss him. --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx <Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx <Gsdjudge@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: The dog that took my breath away To: marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, VSabiaB@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 1:06 PM In a message dated 9/24/2009 10:57:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I'm going to show my age here.......but for me it was G.V. CH. Yoncalla's Mike. AWESOME dog!! He was awesome and that's why i bred to him. Another reason i bred to him was i wqs totally in awe of his son, Hollomor's Judd. Bud ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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. 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