well we are home and very tired our national went well with many placements,to start with our dog joelle's diamond da vinci "alvin son"went forth in the open dog class,he showed to perfection and didn't take a bad step. we are very proud of him, also alvinnnnn had to get his butt of the couch to be a show dog one more time in the veterans class he also showed his heart out and placed second,we love him dearly and made his father proud,"jakester"..we would like to thank leslie for the great job again.when leslie dropped the lead on the video pass the house came down.and alvin came right to us ,he said its time to call it a day. joelle kennels joann corbin & tiffany bartley www.joellegermanshepherds.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 ============================================================================