This has been an amazing two weeks. After the board meeting, Dania & I headed to San Diego where we swam with dolphins and whales! It was one of the best things I have ever done in my life......it was even worth stuffing myself into a wetsuit and parading from the dressing room, through the park, to the dolphin pool. Give me half a chance and I'll bore you with 2 or 300 pictures. Then Dania & I headed to our respective homes, where we sadly put away all the light weight California clothing and exchanged it for parkas & mukluks. Dania drove though the snow, from Virginia to my house on Tuesday where we loaded up my van and took off to ice bound Indianapolis for four all breed shows. Our Kestrel had 9 points and both majors, but we were thinking maybe to pick up a few more singles towards her championship. On Thursday, Kestrel was WB & BOW for one point. On Friday, Kestrel was WB & BOW for one point. Then the going got a WHOLE lot tougher. We were looking at majors on Saturday and Sunday with Jeff, Tiffany, JoAnn, Kent, and Joe LaRosa there. Did this deter Kestrel? Not one whit! On Saturday she was WB for the major and on Sunday she was WB and BOW for another major. That was 8 points in four days and she finished with four majors. Dania and I want to thank Jimmy, Lenny and Kent, all of whom helped along the way. We also want to thank the ringside this weekend that discovered Kestrel and took her to their hearts. When we get the photos, we will be putting an ad in the Review and will list and thank all the judges at that point. Oh, and by the way, did I tell you my best friend and I got to spend each afternoon doing "girly" things like facials & makeup sessions at Nordstrom's? Even with the temperature hitting -2* we had a warm & wonderful time! Lana & Dania, dancing the happy dance with bells and whistles!!!! ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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/ ============================================================================