As always, it takes me a day to catch up from being gone all weekend, now all caught up, so here goes. First, I would like to thank the Shoreline & Illini GSD clubs for putting on another great "Triangle" show weekend. I always look forward to these shows, mostly to see everyone after the long winter months. A few less faces this year, but still plenty of friends to visit and have fun with. There were so many nice dogs at this show, it was great to watch and exhibit among all these fine animals. Since my girl Trinket is only 20 months old, we decided to only show her in one of the shows on Saturday, so we picked the afternoon show under Nancy Harper. I would like to say a huge "Thank You" to Liz for showing Trinket for us at these shows. Liz did an absolutely amazing job with her. Without sounding arrogant or biased, I don't believe either one of those two lovely ladies ever put a foot down wrong, they made a great team and it was fun to watch. She won a quality filled open class and then went on to go Winners Bitch for 4 points, thank you so much Nancy Harper. I have to say that the winners bitch class was pretty amazing and can easily be described in one word, "consistency"! :) Then on to Best of Breed competition, what a great group of dogs. What an honor it was for Trinket to get to go head to head with her kennel sister "Selena", who is better known as Windfall's Who Says V Chablis. Neither of those two girls ever gave an inch, and the beautiful Selena ended up going Best of Breed, with Trinket going Best of Winners. It was just an amazing day, the ring side support was wonderful and I can't thank all the people involved with this young girl enough. First, her breeder and co-owner Bobbie Schiffelbein, who allowed me to take this beautiful puppy home at 10 weeks. Then the other co-owners, Judy DeRousse and Carole Michael, who cheer her on and support us in everything we've done so far. Most of all, her best friend as well as co-owner Tiffany Bartley, who has guided her show career from day one. She is the reason Trinket looks & performs the way she does, always having her in impeccable condidtion and knowing exactly where to be at the right time and the right place. Sunday was another fun show day, everyone got to leave at a reasonable time to start their journeys home. As usual, this ended up being longer than intended, but I like to acknowledge the people who make all this so much fun and possible. Thanks for letting me share. Chris Chris S. (Jolley) Kimerer http://www.tanbarkgsd.com/ Ch. CaralonQED Tanbark Treasure Island v Joelle Aramist, OFA H/E Gr.Ch. Trotwood's Emerald v Tanbark Joelle Aramist Charbo-Tanbark's Trinket v Hillside DeRousse DareDevil Diva v Tanbark Aramists BlingBling v Joelle, ROM RIP Gr.Ch. Tanbark's 2MuchBling Joelle Aramist OFA H/E AOE Sel.Ex.Ch.Carousel Farms Samantha, PT, TC OFA H/E Ch. CaralonQED JD Drew Bleibtreu, RN OFA H/E Ch. Cresther's Blast of Kenlyn, HI, CDX, OFA ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================