In a message dated 4/3/2006 11:05:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Rbuffdogs writes: .....Evan was the FIRST person other than Ken to welcome me totally to the breed By the way to qualify, so no body has a fit, lol, I was involved in the breed itself since 1978, but in Specialties, only with a dogs briefly I bought from Scootie, in 1984, with a Hein bred male I had out of a lovely bitch called Pita vd Lockenheim. "Pita the Sweet-a" as Scootie called her. Nitro was a puppy that others had overlooked, and his breeder, Audrey Marsh wanted a GOOD HOME first and a show home second....the rest as they say , is history , after his latest win of BOB/BISS 25, at 6.5 years old. Thank you Evan, Ken and Mario for your encouragement.....an example to follow. kathy _Victory German Shepherds_ (http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/index.htm) ~ WEBSITE UPDATED: MAR 27, 2006 Home of CH. ELVASTON'S NATIONS CUP, TC, OFA H/E DNA'D "NITRO" 25 BISS/ BESTS OF BREED TO DATE 2006 PACIFIC COAST VICTOR ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================