GSP Photos

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Video link

Here is a link to some agility videos (non GSP) from the AKC agility invitational.

http://www.premierk9club.com/AKCInvite08.html

Round 3 and 4

Sorry for late report....

Livie, Marvin and Rosie Q'd on Round 3. Bruni, Marvin and Livie Q'd on round 4. Congratulations to our GSP gang on a job well done. Hope to post photos from Stacy when she gets home and perhaps some video if possible.

The courses are up on AKC site and look pretty difficult. I watch some video of JWW runs and some top handlers were really struggling.

We are all proud of every single one of you for representing our wonderful breed! Hope everyone has a safe trip home.

Round Two Standard Results

Report from Stacy

Rosie and Bruni both got 100's again!!! Livie got a 95 (knocked the triple bar) and Marvin got a 95 (missed A Frame contact).

Rosie is 8th overall in the 20 inch jump height and Bruni is 14th going into the 3rd round.

Marvin and Ann won an Award of Merit in Breed!!!

More to follow....

Round One Results

Four GSPs take the stage in Long Beach CA. After round one, Rosie and Bruni are clean with 100s. Marvin's score was 94 (0.5 second time fault) and Livie accidentally backjumped #17 jump on a tough ending sequence with score 74 (wrong course).

Awaiting news on Round 2 - GO SHORTHAIRS! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

I spoke with Stacy this afternoon. They made it to Long Beach uneventfully. I can only imagine the excitement they must be experiencing. She has not seen any other GSP exhibitors yet but on the way to the arena for FAST demo this evening.

Here is a link to the course http://www.akc.org/pdfs/agility_invitational/2008/courses/Friday_Fast_Match.pdf

Good luck to everyone entered. I hope you have a great time meeting everyone. Stacy will give us updates as they go along. The competition begins tomorrow.

WHAT FUN!! GO STUBBY TAILED FRIENDS!!!!
Martha and agile GSPs Sugar and Jack- WOOF WOOF!!!

Shania's mom on 2007 Experience

Here's a great story by Sandy on their family's experience at 2007 AKC agility invitational. What I found out today is that one of the dogs declined and Shania was actually invited go again this year as the #6 GSP but Sandy declined instead pursuing their UD in obedience which they recently earned. Congratulations on another successful year in agility AND obedience!!

Receiving a special Invitation to the AKC agility Invitationals in Long Beach California is a special and exciting experience. Discovering that your very special dog was listed as one of the top 5 dogs in agility is almost indescribable. Of course you want to go to California ; what an honor and you want to experience it.

Last year, to my utter shock and amazement, my highly spirited little girl received an invitation and after much deliberation, decided to go. What we experienced was truly a joy.

Dogs from all over the country, including Alaska and Puerto Rico attended. There were only 5 or less of each and every breed. A nice change to what we see around here. Big dogs, medium dogs, little dogs, furry dogs and bald dogs all enjoyed running agility at the Invitationals.

Imagine all 3 venues of AKC top 5 dogs of each breed in one building. Confirmation and agility were downstairs while obedience and breed group representatives were upstairs.

We ran both standard and Jumpers with Weaves each day for 2 days and although not in the finals, got to watch the finals first hand.

While this site is really far from where most of the GSP’s invited live for both last year and this year, the site is really very good. Nice hotels each near the convention center and the town is very dog friendly. There is a very nice dog beach about 5 minutes away where Shania was able to exercise and she had a blast for the entire time.

We were treated very well and this was an experience to behold. Truly a wonderful experience.

Good Luck to all Participants in this years Agility & Obedience Invitational.

Sandy G & Shania of Clover Hill UD RE JH MX MXJ MXF EAC EJC WV-E TN-E

Friends

I have been blessed to have met some wonderful friends through my dog adventures. Two of these are shown above. Stacy and her husband Jeff are wonderful representatives for not only our breed but agility too. Dave and his wife Karen are always kind and considerate of others. Dave has attended every National that I have been to since we have been involved with GSPs. Even when he didn't have a dog entered, he flew to PA and helped out with agility. Dave has been instrumental in the versatility program for GSPCA and is a very well respected AKC agility judge and was chosen for the agility advisory committee. Dave is shown above with Stacy and Livie's 20th QQ ribbons!! How great is that for a GSP breeder/owner/handler to be present for this moment. It was a good day.....

Good luck to Stacy and Livie (SharpMtn's OU Live To Play MX MXJ NAP NJP XF) along with our local friends from Nashville area. Also, to Karen and Tracy who will be competing in BBE competition in breed.

If you want to wish these folks good luck at invitationals, click on "comments" and leave your thoughts. I am sure they would appreciate it!!!

I will be working the next couple of days so hope to post some new information by the end of the week.

It wouldn't be right without wishing my lab friends good luck at Invitational also, especially Paul Young and his phenomenal black lab "Bit". Paul is an inspiration to everyone who competes in agility. Bit was #1 lab this year and their hard work is obvious in their remarkable teamwork.

All of us agility folks will be living our dreams through you all. WEAVE ON!!!!!
Martha & Agile K9z from KY
Henry, Sugar, Jack, Breeze and baby Wilson in training.....

Note From Bruni's Breeder

"Dear Judy and Bruni: this is your proud grandma Donna wishing you both lots of good luck at the Invit. I am so proud of you both as you well know. I will be crossing my fingers and toes. But no matter what I still love you both!!!! Judy you are such a blessing for a breeder, you have no idea how hard it is for us to hand over our bundle of joy to a stranger, but when things like this happens it makes it all worthwhile. You just never know which people will get the bug and go on to do fantastic things. Your time/devotion and skills are very much appreciated. It takes a lot of hard work to accomplish all that you have done with Bruni...I am truly grateful for your friendship over the years as well. Go get em!!!!! Donna"

Photos from 2007

Here are some photos sent to me from my good friend Sandy. Shania competed at AKC agility Inv in 2007 along w/ Rosie and Hannah.

***One of my most memorable GSP moments of 2008**** When Sandy, her husband and another Sandy (you know who you are) took over the sports bar at the GSP NSS in Oconomowoc to watch The American Idol show on the big screen. Also, our daily trips to Culver's restaurant for their butter burgers and ice cream.

Comments from Eleanor Campbell

photo of Price at 1 week 6 days old with "littermate"


Below are Eleanor's comments on her wonderful GSP "Price" who is in the top 5 obedience GSPs for 2008. Eleanor declined the invitation due to East Coast/West Coast distances but I hope that she knows that we are all very proud of her accomplishments....

In addition to competing in obedience, Price is a breed champion, a working therapy dog, and has appeared in both print and TV advertisements and has done agility, too. But Price’s great passion in life, is water retrieving. He would have been a fabulous duck dog as he marks well, will leap into the coldest water (he has swum in Massachusetts in the snow on Christmas Eve, jumps off docks in Maine in the summer) and will search endlessly for whatever he is asked to retrieve.


Price was the 2007 GSPCA Obedience Dog of the Year and earned his UDX in October. He is now semi-retired from obedience competition. I am very proud that both Sydney and Price have earned invitations to the AKC Invitational over the last few years. They have never attended, because I made the decision that flying them cross country for just one day of competition was simply not something we were going to do. But both have competed in the All Star Tournament held bi-annually in York, PA. In 2001, Price earned 5th place in the Novice Division at that tournament.

And finally, Price’s son was invited to the AKC breed invitational both in 2007 and 2008! The tradition continues…


Submitted by
Eleanor Campbell

MACH Rosie Videos

Here are two videos from AKC Agility invitational 2007 of MACH Rosie and owner Sandy Moody. I will try to download other videos of Hannah and Shania if I can.

**Videos Courtesy of Dan Selthofer and his wife Lisa Miller Selthofer**



Short Hair Pointer Round 3



Short Hair Pointer Round 4

German Shorthaired Pointers- Invitational 2008

In honor of our wonderful breed, The German Shorthaired Pointer, I would like to congratulate all who were invited to the AKC Agility and Obedience Invitational. Please check back later in the week for updates on the events.



Slideshow featuring GSPs from USA and Canada.


Introducing the 2008 Obedience and Agility Top 5 German Shorthaired Pointers - AKC stats July 1 2007 through June 30 2008

AGILITY
***Alphabetical Order according to registered AKC name***

"Rosie"

MACH Delcrest's Wild Rose Windekind CD RE JH XF - Owned and Loved by Sandy Moody/TMoody

"Bruni"

MACH Legacy's Southern Silhouette CDX RN JH MX MXJ OF - Owned and Loved by Judy Shinogle
Bruni is a solid liver German Shorthaired Pointer. She is Judyʼs first agility dog (Novice A) and MACH. Though they love to do agility together, Bruni also has titles in rally, obedience and hunting. Bruni loves to hunt quail, pheasant and squirrels. Judy is thrilled to be the number 2 GSP at the Invitational and hopes to do the Sporting Group proud! Bruni has many nicknames: Missy B for being the girl dog in the house; Fatty for her love of food and ability to steal it; Stinky for her love to roll in all things smelly.

"Livie"
photo by Chuck Park

Sharpmtn's Ou Live To Play MX MXJ NAP NJP XF -Owned and Loved by Stacy and Jeff Moss


Livie is Stacy's second agility GSP. Livie has 20 double Q's and nearing her MACH.

"Marvin"

photo by Tien Tran

CH Summertime's Made In The Shade RE JH MX MXJ- Owned and Loved by Ann Carter -

"Marvin" Ch Summertime's Made In The Shade JH, MX, MXJ, RE is showing in Agility and Conformation at the Invitationals. At just three years old, he not only finished in the Top Five Agility, he finished out of Bred By with two 5 point majors, including a Specialty win.

Gunner

MACH2 Tail Gunner O'Malley JH- Owned and Loved by Carol Kluka



OBEDIENCE

**Alphabetical Order**

"Price"

Am/Bermuda Ch, UCDX
Dunstanburgh Priceless
UDX RAE JH AX AXJ NF NRD NAC OJC NGC TN-O VCA VCX, ASCA UD, Can CDX, Bda CD NA NAJ- Owned and Loved by Eleanor Campbell

"Riley"

CH Sunrise Hint Of Hazelnut UD RA OA OAJ -Owned and Loved by Linda Montgomery

"Blueberry"

CH OTCH Sunrise Nshannon The Big Chill VCD1 UDX RE JH OA- Owned and Loved by Linda Montgomery