and the thing that makes all Lori's wins and records so wonderful is that she has remained friendly to all, smiling at everybody (at least every time I've seen her!), approachable, even welcoming, and just generally nice...her head is the same size it was when she started, I'll bet, ...she enjoys it all, and lets us all enjoy it with her! Peggy Oak Smith wrote: >Many years ago Carrie and I went to the GSDC of greater Eugene show up in >Oregon. At that time we had never been to a National, didn't know who was >who, and didn't know much period. We had a great dog named Dakota who we >were competing in obedience with. We had never shown conformation. On the >table at the show was this magnificent trophy that listed all the previous >winners and Lori's name was prominent. All of her dogs were champions as >well as advanced obedience titled. Carrie and I looked at that trophy for a >long time and I turned to a woman standing next to me and said something to >the effect of "Now if I live long enough that's what I want to be able to do >with German Shepherds. Who is this Lori Nickeson?" Well the woman WAS Lori. >We had a great chat and not long after we obtained our first conformation >dog. Put a championship on her and scored Highest Champion of Record at the >Nationals in Perry Georgia. >We still believe we owe it to Lori. >Oak & Carrie > > ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================