Good on you Wendy that is great to hear...I don't even know if they
have lHs in South Africa....Narelle


--- In Weimaraner_Longhaired@..., "Wendy Laigne-
Stuart" <wendls13@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> No, this is not a brag (unfortunately!) but at least a nice
comment.
> For the benefit of those list members from outside of NSW, or in
> fact Australia, the Spring Fair is two large dog shows held on the
> Canine Council grounds in western Sydney, over two days. This year
> there was over 2,000 entries on both days. On the Saturday, our
baby
> Riley was the only longhair. He is 3 & a half months and it was his
> second show. Our judge was Mrs C Jarman from South Africa, although
> I'm sure she didn't have a South African accent. When we were
> finishing up in the ring, Mrs Jarman came to shake my hand and
> said "He is very, very nice." That was nice, but I thought no more
> about it. The next morning I was walking down to the ring, and she
> walked past, and then stopped me. She then told me that he was so
> very nice, and such bone! She told me that she wanted to give him
> 2nd baby in the group, but the steward told her she could give only
> one. How cool is that! He was the very first puppy born to us, and
> we only got two. So I guess it's close enough to a show brag for
me,
> a judge who actually looked down the end of the line. Hopefully
I'll
> be able to actually put up a show brag here one day!
> Hope every one is keeping well and we see a few more longs in the
> ring,
> Wendy