Started the day with some Schutzhund training with my Dutch Shepherd. I went to a WDA club since I feel more comfortable with GSD people at this point in her training. They were gracious enough to let me come and watch and participate a bit. They are all getting ready for a Seiger show so it was all ring training. A good thing since Mina will be showing in conformation as well. They have a great turn out and I was quite impressed with some of these dogs. Mina was raised with GSD's and is great with all of mine. She was in heaven. I had to rush home to grab Charm (2004 Hero Dog, Good Will Ambassador) and run to another park. Charm was due to be recertified for therapy dog. I had to meet the evaluator at an agility trial. Talk about distractions. Charm did not let me down. She was awesome. Dogs running courses, playing frisbee and BALL and she was focused and perfect. The guy going after me (Am Staff) said he wished he had gone first cuz he knew his dog couldn't top that performance :-) I was so proud of her and she truly is an ambassador for our breed. Back to the conformation ring next week, but it is really fun to do other stuff with our furkids. Laura Thomas http://www.treasureranchgsds.com/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================