A short update on Jack, now known as Jack, the 'TV Star', in addition to being the K-9 'star'. Trooper Jeff left me a message at work today telling me to watch channel 3 tonight for footage on the K-9 demo starring 3 month old Jack. So we all rush home and are glued to the TV, anxiously waiting, and before we know it, there is a solid black german shepherd doing jumps, and then Trooper Jeff on TV introducing his K-9 dog "Devitt", and there is Devitt going over the jumps. Then the station announces that the 'Blue Ribbon Award', however, goes to a 3 month puppy, and there is Jack before our eyes attempting to jump over a small jump. He made a good effort (especially since he never saw a jump until 2 days ago), and trooper Jeff introduces the puppy as "Jack" and says that maybe some day Jack will pass the training for K-9 (although we all know this is not going to happen as he is coming home in 2 weeks)L Jeff goes on to say that the real training begins with socialization.....and there is Jack sitting, surrounded by a crowd of kids, trying to lick them all at the same time! I am now asking myself "How will this puppy ever enjoy coming back home to his boring life at my house when this is all over, when he is the center of attention at the Fair?" You just watch. Jack will come home with a head that won't fit through his crate door, because he'll be thinking he's a TV Star. (He'll probably want to branch out into the movies, next). Anyhow, we taped the news, and plan to get lots of photos. But I don't think I can post photos to the List, so I'll probably have to put them either on the Iroquois GSDC's website, or my own, if I can get my webmaster (Todd Cosper) to do it quickly! (Hey Todd, are you listening?) You won't hear from me until after I see Jack's performance for myself on Sunday. Until then, thanks for listening! And I'm glad everyone is enjoying the "adventures of K-9 wannabe, Jack"! You cannot believe how much fun this all is! Cheryl Olson/Tindrock ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================