i am resending this because i understand something caused a problem with my e mail 1. Pardon me if I have been quiet on the subject of the national for an entire week. Had other things on my mind. My cousin Steve and family who live in Lyons Colorado were trapped with no way to get out and no power for 24 days. Just this week I found out they are all ok. THey lost a fence and a road and all their suppliers but the house and animals horses cats and dogs are all fine. I came back with the National crud and a terrible earache which is just beginning to calm down. 2. I loved the sod great for exhibitors to walk on, hated the lighting which if anyone had asked me about I could have had corrected(buddy Jen Tipton has won 5 tonies for lighting). I knew almost all the dogs so for me there was not much new. There were some top dogs not at the National which would have been nice but there were handler conflicts. 3. Gloria Birch did one of the greatest judging jobs I have ever seen at the National. She obviously loved doing it and loved the dogs. Besides looking great and having great taste(that purple dress was to die for) she put on a great show for the exhibitors which started to be copied better late then never. I could follow her with ease and loved all of her class winners. There is no substitute for experience. And that wonderful happy smile was a pleasure to see. 4. There were plenty of mix ups like the hospitality which showed up two hours early then scheduled and of course that really long days judging took them all the way to seven. I went in at five and they refused to serve us. Never got anything to eat. That was the story of my weekend. I missed all of the meals because I had dogs to take care of. But the folks in the arena who sold food kept making me fresh decaf and feeding me breakfast which was really good so i guess it balances out. 5. Sat with various different people from all over the country but especially enjoyed sitting and talking with Butchie Loeb.The stalls were great and I got a great parking spot every day. I would like to thank very personally three real professionals JR, Trisha and Sheryl Brockett for making my dogs both beautiful and happy both outside and inside the ring. I would also like to thank Art Sinclair for helping to double the new puppy.(cousin to the BEst Puppy)his advice and sheryls were appreciated. 6. Since I was on call in Obedience on Thursday I had to run back and forth all day. So that was tiring.In fact by saturday night I was so exhausted I just went home. I was very happy for Sandy Anderson who I nominated for the Lloyd Brackett way back in 07. Denise finally had her grand victrix and Holly looked good. Lois had her Best Puppy very well deserved.My particular favorites were SELENA, RUMORS and Nadine Paquins breeding program. She is also Canadian... 7. Well thats it for now from NOrma & the dogs Am Can GCH Harvey, THirteen club Melody(who spent the week at Joes Spa) and Halley the newcomer. Christopher Columbus said JO norma hansburg www.normahansburg.com norma hansburg www.normahansburg.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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/ ============================================================================