WOW is a great word !!! Congrats to you All!! Joe & Leslie Beccia Signature German Shepherds home of 2003 u.s.can.GVX,sel.ch.kridler's Ruby v highland acres/ofa(co-owner t.kridler) 2009 u.s.GVX. 2x sel.ex.can.sel.ex ch. signature's miami v kridler/ofaFVX/bim 2009 us.sel.can.sel.ch.MV/winsome's ray bearone v ekolan/ofa (co-owner's f&k fasano) -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Potter <tokaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, Oct 18, 2010 12:21 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] WOW is the only word I can use!!! For once in my life I am nearly speechless. I joked this weekend that I had been ransformed into a mono syllabic person and all I could utter was 'wow' and thanks'. What a fulfillment of a dream. Grand Victrix and Best of Breed under arbara Amidon is an 'award of awards' for me. She wrote the book on breeding nd the stamp of approval from her means everything to me. Thank you so much arbara. We are all honored and humbled. To Bob Drescher - thank you so much for the prestigious award of Winner's Bitch t the GSDCA National. We were so on cloud nine. And your comments about Aquilla wow! You are someone who has always stood by your principles - so this award s special to me. And then Aquilla made you prouder (not to speak of us). It was ike instant validation of your kind words and strong deeds. Thanks again. You ill always be a part of her history and our thoughts going forward. To have the opportunity to own a bitch like Aquilla is the biggest WoW. All the redit in the world goes to Pat Walker and Mary Ann Imhoff who 'get it' as reeders. Aquilla is a repeat of some pretty special animals. 2 sisters Kallie nd Antares - who were select last year and a pretty special 'big brother' hoenix who is starting to exhibit his heritage in his producing ability, having ired this year's Best Puppy, Scharo's Phoenix Rising V Deray Wolfcreek and ome other beautiful youngsters who you will see soon. Her brother Galaxy was nd this year in 12-18 at the National. Their dam Demilo has done some very good roducing! And how about daddy Bailey - not too bad a producer himself. :) And I an't leave out Pat's daughter Debbie (who, by the way I adore). She is right here next to Pat providing support and anything else we need. What great riends!! Leslie, Leslie, Leslie!! WOW again and again! She is now back and at the top of er game. Nobody could have done it better. It was so hard for me to double ecause I just wanted to watch. I am so proud of Aquilla but I am also proud of eslie who has worked hard and is results oriented again. Love you!! You two ere smooth as silk. And trust me - the teenage things you could see in Aquilla ike - 'can we please shake paws instead of posing' were there. Aquilla is super xuberant with a joie de vrie like no one. She loves to show and go, play ball, hake hands and hug and kiss. Leslie channeled all of that into a superior erformance with ease. It was pure GORGEOUS. The strength of this team is Michael and Debbie. While the handler normally gets ll of the credit - and believe me I give that to Michael, we have an unsung ero here. Michael showed Aquilla beautifully to Winner's Bitch and is always here for me. But Debbie - this is an awesome person, great groomer and trainer nd good friend. Let me tell you who she trained and conditioned this year for he National.... the Winner's Bitch (and GVx and BOB), the Best Puppy, the Grand ictor and Select Sienna and Select Fletcher as well as some who placed or ot...and they all looked great. I am truly blessed with a great husband who stayed home, took care of the dogs, ook care of my mom and allowed me to have a week like no other. And then he elebrated with me on the phone as I called to give results. Between being warded the 2010 Canadian Grand Victor and 2010 US Grand Victrix I have had the ear of my life in dogs. I will never forget it and will always cherish the emories. Many of my friends were there to join in my joy but if they weren't hey called and wrote to provide love and support. You all rock and I cherish ou!!! More to follow on Kobe. Kathy & Sam =========================================================================== OST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original uthor and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind re permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the howgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its dministrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any ost. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER F ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL ARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A IOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. 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