I talked to Barbara and she is pleased, and so am I. I was able to talk to Jerry Graham for a while and he is having a good time. In come the boys. Donna came by to support me, I will have Zoe on one side and Paula on the other.
My god, look at those beautiful dogs. They just keep coming, one better than the other. Harley is sitting at my feet. Thirty four in there and what a lineup.
I can't believe the feeling in here now, tension, excitement, and hopes. Some to be made, some to be dashed. But Barbara is still sitting with her clip board and Karen goes out to check with Bob and compare notes. Harley is sitting under the table and taking a nap.
Nancy Harper is talking to Barbara and they are looking at notes. I can't wait for this to get going, and it is 1;30 and the hammer is about to fall.
Barbara is in the building and counting off her places. Nancy goes down the ring to divide the class and Barbara looks great. I got to talk to her for a few minutes and everyone agrees, she did a great job. Barbara is talking to her handlers mostly The Guz, and there might be 36 dogs in there. It is so full, it is hard to tell. The Guz is laughing, and out goes most of the dogs, I hope for not just the show, just for judging.
Eight is enough and so that is what there is there. Joanne, Ariel, Sergio, Gregg, The Guz, Jeff, Nancy Art, and Kent. How often do you hear, "and Kent"? Jimmie yells to someone to slow down. JR walked by talking to Paula who is two feet away.
First out is Joanne with Never Ending Story. She stacks him and that is a real male. The sound of one hand clapping.
Good Vibrations with Ariel. Kim Schooly came by and is looking for Erin. We are trying to start a rumor.
Sergio with Biscotti. Down and Back, but I won't say that to all of them, but it seems Barbara is consistant and does it a lot. Boy, is there no one behind me? It is silent and Sergio takes a lap.
Gregg with Machu Picchu. A large black and red male. Let's take a vote. How many want me to type Down and Back and around every time?
Next us is Brazos, who belongs to Michel, who moves away. He is a local dog to us in California, and a dark bi.
Jeff with Feature Presentation, one I think could be our Grand Victor. Jeff takes the dog all the way back and takes his pass.
Nancy takes out Free n Easy. Another all male dog. The quality is amazing, and I am sorry to keep saying that, but it is clear we are doing well with our breeding. Nancy says EASY and I think they have listened to Barbara.
Art Sinclair brings out Army Shoulder. He is a classy dog, and when he matures he is going toknock them dead. He just finished.
Kent brings out Eli. Clearly one of the top contenders. He is clean and Kent poses him. There he goes and the crowd goes wild.
Jeff goes to the front Feature Presentation, then Free and Easy, Esi and that is it for these dogs. Kent has Eli in third.
She says take them around once and Easy and they do as they are told. Feature Presentation is going to be the one to beat so far, and I doubt anyone can. But there are more dogs to come. She says she wants the first three, and she sets them all out with the rest as clump, (It's Barbara's word, not mine)
Holly with Cirkobrass, Trevor with Last Cowboy Song, Elizabeth with Zoomer, Eric with Bobbie Mcgee, JR with Hit Man, All About me Oak with Leonardo, Rogue with Mike, anjd Channing with Fraizer.
Again a big wall of silence. Holly now with a dog, and a good example of what a dog should be. All the usual stuff.
Zach with Cowboy. I have always liked this dog, and I enjoyed watching him grow. He is a big handsome dog with lots of personality.
Elizabeth with Zoomer. Liz is turning into quite a beautiful lady, and she does a great job. I think she was a junior handler for about 30 years.
Eric brings out Bobby McGee. Very dark. What a contrast with the white wall.
Now JR goes out there with Hit Man, (Gavin). He will be the next to promote after Harley is retired. That should be in about ten years. He is a handsome dog.
It's All About Me. He is with Lenny. The girls say they call him Evan, since it is ALL ABOUT ME. Pretty color and nice size for a good looking dog.
Oak with Leonardo. It is good to see Oak out there with his own dog. It is good to see that old isn't a disqualifying fault for a handler. Barbara tells him to take him around again.
Now Rogue with Mike. What a picture that makes. He is a big black and red, and I love him standing. There he goes and he is next to me, about two feet away, and against the wall he is something to watch.
Channing is the last one with Frazier. We are waiting for the Big Cut.
Barbara walks the line and she goes to the end, and tells them to take another pass. She stands and watches them go by and now turns to looks at them against the white wall and has them stop. She looks and moves moves It's All About Me, Rogue, Hit Man, and Last Cowboy song, and divided it that way with the rest as the Bump group.
Liz with Horse With No Name, Leslie with Hot Tamale, Art with Special Forces, Bill with Ace of Spades, Cindy with Monte Carlo, Alex with Dexter, Ken with Levi, George with First Night, Julie with Chicago.
Dexter is another going to be hard to beat.
Now we start the individuals. First is Liz with Horse With No Name. A very dark Black and Tan. The crowd is quiet again, and maybe I will take a nap. Leslie brings out Hot Tamale. He is Susie Witmer's dog and I do like the looks of him. I love the arching neck and he can move. Art comes out with Special Forces. Down and Back. Bill comes out with Ace of Spades. I see Carolyn working for the Big Black Dog, and he will be a keeper if he works as I know he can. What an outline and that is great pigment. I am running out of stuff to say. Bill is laughing. They are all learning to go back and take a whole ring.
Cindy with Monte Carlo. A real showy dog and a dark black and red. Tedi just called since she was worried with JR on Patron since he was on another dog. A lot of handlers have two dogs.
Dexter is there with Alex. That is one hell of an impressive dog. What bone and body. I haven't seen him before, but I am now a fan. What power. I am convinced.
Ken, the new judge with Levi. His own dog and very deep bi/black and tan. My girls disagree.
George goes out for his turn with First Night. Everyone stands and they all do. I guess by the time they get to here, they have been tested by fire in a few shows. This is a great picture of what a shepherd should look like.
Julie with a black, Chicago. Two blacks in this group. This one is nice.
That's it and Barbara goes over through the class and she moves Bill with Ace Of Spades in front, Dexter in second, First Night and Levi, and the other Black Chicago and takes them around like that. She tells them to please slow it down.
Not much crowd support for that pick. And she moves Dexter up front, and George into secon and Levi into third and she looks them over and Dexter is a standout in there and she walks down the line and say to the last four, they are to stand out and she says something to them and they leave.
I DIDN'T WIN THE RAFFLE, SO I MIGHT AS WELL GO HOME.
New group with some dreams left. In front Kelly with Midnight Harley, Christy I'm All That Matters, Sean with Mojito, JR with Patron, Jimmie with Bronson, Jimmie with Bronson, Sulvain with High Voltage, Bill with Any Sunday, Laurie with Winter's Night, and Tish with League of His Own, the winner's dog. The order is wrong since I have violated my simple rule of listening to women. Blame Zoe for this.
Christy with All That Matters. I will get the order right and stop depending on Zoe. Do you understand why no one does this for me twice?
Sean with Mojito. A very good looking dog, and he is taking the whole ring.
Now Patron. I know Twyla is a wreck, but JR brings him out to Barbara. He is posed to show what a shepherd should look like. And Barbara goes over him and raises her hands, and give information to JR. JR goes to the end and the crowd likes him. He is on too tight a lead.
Bronson with Jimie. At six and a half he looks like a real dog. He is mature and I think he might be a contender. That could be your Grand Victor. It depends on how they work.
Sylvain with High Voltage. A real mover.
Andy Sunday, a move-up with Bill Tank. This is a bi, close to a black. He was in a pet home and came out to finish in but a few shows after two years.
The veteran, a dog that shows great breeding by some of the top breeders in the country. Laurie has him and his name is Winter Nights, he is an Asgard dog, known as Gus. This is the winners of the veteran class and his owner Lori Stewart is still smiling for that win.
Winner's dog League Of His Own, with Trish. Roxanne is his co-owner and is in front of us now. He should go Select.
Here we go, Barbara walks down the line, and looks at heads and touches each dog,and she might be testing temperament, but she idd so already and there she is at the end and now walks back towards the front and she takes them around. She asks if they want to move them, and no one says not. Barbara still looks fresh, but she told me her knees were a problem. You wouldn't know it from watching her.
Bronson goes up front, then the Winner's Dog League of HisOwn, she seems to have a prblem finding any more and I don't think she likes the rest so she takes the last seven and looks again, and nothing going on there. She pulls out Patron, YES! The rest go to the old home for the National. Twyla must be exhausted. JR let his lead down and he no long had any problems with is back. On a tight lead, it didn't look good.
Some milling, some talking and Barbara is sitting talking to the ring stewards. She is taking a break, and I too could use some time. My keys are starting to smoke.
Here come the bumpers. Joanne, Ariel, Sergio, Gregg, The Guz, Amy, Holly, Elizabeth, Eric, Oak, Channing, Liz, Leslie, Art, Cindy, Kelly Sean, Laura, Sylvain, Bill, Christy, and there are your bumpers. It will be dashed hopes for them, perhaps all of them in a few minutes but fo rnow they have hopes of going Grand Victor. 21 from the best of the rest. Barbara divides them into a group of either and there they go, each handler trying to do the best And each owner still with dreams, and hopes alive for a minute. Barbara calls out Machu Picchu from that group, and looks at them again, and they stand and stack she pulls Bobbie McGee and the rest get to go home.
Now the next eleven. Channing, Lix, Leslie, Art, cindy, Kelly, Sean, Sylvan, Christy, bill and Laura. Some hope left, but now much. ALL I WANT IS TO MAKE THE FIRST CUT.
I have heard that somewhere. What a fantastic job Barbara is doing. Up goes Midnight Harley, and nothing else.
Sixteen should be left, and I think there is going to be one more cut. It is going to be tough, and I think it might be Bronson.
Feature Presentation,Eli, Free And Easy, Eli, All About Me, Rogue, Hit Man, Last Cowboy Song, Dexter, First Night, Levi, Ace of Spades, Chicago, Bronson, League of His Own, Patron, Machu Picchu, Bobbie McGee and Midnight Harley.
There are going to change and she walks down the row and there she goes looking them over. They are still in the order they were and Barbara has her hands behind her back. Michael Cheeks appologized for being in front of me. Bronson to third, behind Free And Easy. First Night to five in front of Rogue.
Barbara says this is not where they are being placed so don't get too excited. She says take them around one at a time. Free and Easy went to first. Eli goes to the front. This will stop your heart.
Rogue goes to second. She puts Dexter in third. She is looking over the class and they get to move again, and Barbara looks to have nine selects and takes the rest around. Julie is on the ground and we stop the show, it looks like a knee, and the dog is taken out. She is up and being carried out of the ring. Thank god for that. It does look like a knee.
On with the show, and Barbara goes to the front and I so hope Patron gets in there and he is third now, with Bronson in fourth. She looks close at Rogue, and he is a picture. They take her out in a chair.
Barbara keeps looking at Dexter and he is great to look at and she looks at Patron and Eli, and the rest and tells them she wants to see a pass. Still 18 and Barbara looks at the end and wants to see the last eight take the last pass. She is sure giving everyone a chance and a good look. She looks and then thanks them all, and the show is over for them. Now the nitty gritty.
Barbara looks them over and wants anotehr trip and there they go just the first two, and this is the BigTime and Kent and Mike doing the best they can. Rogue goes in front of Eli. Now she looks at the next four Bronson, Free and Easy. She moves up Free and Easy to fourth in front of Patron. Now the last five. She and she moves up Feather Presention.
She walks down the line and I suspect this is it. There they go and YES, that's it.
She walks down the line and I suspect this is it. There they go and YES, that's it.
YES PATRON IS SELECT.
IT IS
1. ROGUE
2. ELI,
3. BRONSON,
4. FREE AND EASY,
5. PATRON,
6. DEXTER,
7. FEATURE PRESENTATION,
8. LEAGUE OF HIS OWN,
9. ALL ABOUT ME,
10. FIRST NIGHT
11. MACHU PICCHU
12. FIRST NIGHT,
2. ELI,
3. BRONSON,
4. FREE AND EASY,
5. PATRON,
6. DEXTER,
7. FEATURE PRESENTATION,
8. LEAGUE OF HIS OWN,
9. ALL ABOUT ME,
10. FIRST NIGHT
11. MACHU PICCHU
12. FIRST NIGHT,
Evan L. Ginsburg
Asgard German Shepherds
http://www.asgardgsd.com/
Where Type Movement and Temperament come together
Asgard German Shepherds
http://www.asgardgsd.com/
Where Type Movement and Temperament come together
