When JR called me and asked me to come to Arizona in April I had no idea what a wonderful trip that was going to be. The flight was in a 737 which was comfortable all the way there and I slept all the way home. The weather was wonderful which I expected. It did rain early saturday morning but it was dry by ten for the judging. The grounds were lovely except for the one sprinkler in the ring which they covered with a cone. The motel was reasonable with free Real breakfasts with everything. The club fed us all weekend long in the hospitality room. They had a special cake for Arizona s one hundreth year as a state.Met some really great new people. Fridays judge has great hands but we had to pull because it was not a major. I did my new job. I had the catalogue and judges books checked for mistakes in advance of the judging. Rita arrived friday afternoon and so did Sue Godek who flew in from China. The obedience rings were right outside my r oom and the breed rings were right outside JRs room. Everybody watched everything even the puppy match after saturdays show. Rick Hasse ( i call him Arizona) judged the match. Met the latest eleven year old handler Summer an d her mom and brother. Harvey did us proud on Saturday The Anniversary Day by putting on a show under Rita winning the open bitch class and going reserve to Yadda. The major held in both sexes Dogs went to Bill Tank Bitches to Nancy Godek. When you go to Arizona you find out WHATS FUNKIN. The party that night was great. Sunday the major dropped in bitches but The bitch went over the dog for the major. We sat around outside after dinner and schmooozed. Debby Nancy Cheryl Twyla Zak JR and company. It was very relaxing. -- norma hansburg www.normahansburg.com ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================