Just dragged home from the Western Pa specialties, I am exhausted! There was strong competition in both sexes, no worries about majors there, and several specials. The show officials worked like crazy, the lady who made the food was fantastic, and, after the first morning, the weather was great, God smiled on Charlotte:), sorry, Joe.We were able to work quite a few dogs; it was great having a big grassy ring the week before the Canadian Nationals, and we actually managed to teach a few youngster how to (sort of) go around the ring.We had a little puppy party (bribed with wine) in the afternoon, thank you to everyone who helped us decide on the next generation. It was great to have everybody involved. Then the next afternoon, another "party" occurred; there was a beautiful cake (complete with portrait) to celebrate the AOE accomplishment of Madeline and Jeanne's Dazzle...and a good time was had by all:) What a nice finish to a great weekend.Our Rocky was BOB both days, thank you very much to Joe and Charlotte LaRosa; we are very happy that you loved him as much as we do. Big thank you to Kent for a fabulous job with him, I know he can be a handful. Thank you again for all your hard work, we appreciate it, and you, very much. Thank you to Sylvain for a masterful job with our Best Puppy, Kali, sired by Bill and JoAnne Randall's Cash out of our Bronson daughter Belladonna. Congratulations to the Randalls, and to Lorus and Alana, for their major with their beautiful Bobby/Lil daughter, Brooke. Congrats to all the other winners, and thank you again to the clubs for all their hard work. And Thank You Raul, I very much appreciated your help loading up, you're the best. Good luck to everyone next week, travel safe, Sheree ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================