Ruth and I went up to Lacy, WA, today and returned home with a new CHAMPION-- Ch Schatten's Showtime v Fairway, OFA, (GV Bungee and Best in Show Ch Fairway's TeeTime Bodega, TC OFA, a Ch Jib PT TC OFA daughter). Tia is the sister to Ch April, who just won another Best of Breed in California. Tia looked spectacular today - she definitely decided today was a good day to finish and went out there and just strutted her stuff! We had decided to take Gordy along and stop to do some herding on the way home, and I think she wanted to make sure we knew who was THE IMPORTANT ONE!! She went out there, looked at the other bitches, and told them they might as well go home! After the show we sat there with the handler, Lorry Bellah and counted up show weekends that Tia actually was shown - 9 weekends over the course of 14 months from first point to last. And she won at both all-breeds and specialties, under breeder judges and all-breeders alike. Special thanks also goes to Cheryl Memah for stepping in the shows that Lorry could not. Tuesday she will have a new job -- being a herding dog!! We will see if we can get her ready for the C-Course National and get her a PT - that's a lot to ask so quickly, but I know Tia likes sheep. To add to the brag -- Gordy had a really good day working sheep today. Ruth and I are kicking back and having a beer before heading out and taking care of dogs here and at home. We have the cutest Margo-RealDeal pups and we are going to have a puppy fix. Thanks goes to Lois Gregor for letting me bring Tia home many moons ago. Here is a link to Tia's page. The gating shot was taken by Bill Peterson with my camera. Terry who is smiling in her beer :0) --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================