2006 GSDCA Herding Victrix
7x's High in Trial
Karma's More is Better
RE,CD,HSAd,HXAs,HTAD III, HRD III
5/26/2000 5/31/2007
It took me three months to write her Memorial ad for the GSDCA Review. Reams of paper written that read like a chapter, for a one page ad. I wanted people who had never met her to understand how unique she was. No one page ad could do that.
Reva's value to my life is incalculable. She helped me co-found Karma Performance. People came to me for lessons, were willing to recommend me to other people because of her, because of the training and accomplishments we achieved together. On a more mundane level, the work she did as my stock dog kept me in business. A good part of my business at the time was trailering sheep to different events. She did the very necessary work with grace and style....and a little too much verve sometimes.
She wasn't a saint, but she wowed the spectators and made them re-think their ideas about what a Shepherd was and can do.
Reva helped me get my AHBA judge's license. Her HX was the last requirement I needed to apply.
Reva's accomplishments would have been outstanding in their own right, a GSD bitch competing and winning in the all-breed obedience, rally and herding rings. But when you realize that every title was earned while battling the serious, debilitating disease, perianal fistulas, and often severe drug reactions, her feats and strength of spirit are awe inspiring. In 2004, 36 hours after a very scary drug reaction, she won the Pembroke Corgi Nationals Advanced class, defeating 13 exhibitors, including two Herding Champion BCs.
She earned her last title, the physically arduous HRD III, one month before her death. No one knew, until the day of her death, that she had been battling spleenic cancer.
Reva was a showman. She loved to compete. I can't tell you how many times we would walk into a ring, with very little practice time due to not feeling well enough, and she would shine, pull it off, and walk out of the ring with another ribbon. She was born to compete, needed it. She loved the crowd's approval. She taught me to enjoy competing better. My one "What if" with her, is, what could she have accomplished if she had been healthy during her career? Where could she have gone if we could have had a practice regime?
I have the life I have now because of this dog. There truly are no words that can express the debt and love I feel for this dog. I miss her daily.
People have told me:
"She changed my idea of what a GSD is, and what they can do."
"After working with her, I had the confidence in myself to compete."
She changed lives, most of all mine.
Thank you, Baby Girl
7x's High in Trial
Karma's More is Better
RE,CD,HSAd,HXAs,HTAD III, HRD III
5/26/2000 5/31/2007
It took me three months to write her Memorial ad for the GSDCA Review. Reams of paper written that read like a chapter, for a one page ad. I wanted people who had never met her to understand how unique she was. No one page ad could do that.
Reva's value to my life is incalculable. She helped me co-found Karma Performance. People came to me for lessons, were willing to recommend me to other people because of her, because of the training and accomplishments we achieved together. On a more mundane level, the work she did as my stock dog kept me in business. A good part of my business at the time was trailering sheep to different events. She did the very necessary work with grace and style....and a little too much verve sometimes.
She wasn't a saint, but she wowed the spectators and made them re-think their ideas about what a Shepherd was and can do.
Reva helped me get my AHBA judge's license. Her HX was the last requirement I needed to apply.
Reva's accomplishments would have been outstanding in their own right, a GSD bitch competing and winning in the all-breed obedience, rally and herding rings. But when you realize that every title was earned while battling the serious, debilitating disease, perianal fistulas, and often severe drug reactions, her feats and strength of spirit are awe inspiring. In 2004, 36 hours after a very scary drug reaction, she won the Pembroke Corgi Nationals Advanced class, defeating 13 exhibitors, including two Herding Champion BCs.
She earned her last title, the physically arduous HRD III, one month before her death. No one knew, until the day of her death, that she had been battling spleenic cancer.
Reva was a showman. She loved to compete. I can't tell you how many times we would walk into a ring, with very little practice time due to not feeling well enough, and she would shine, pull it off, and walk out of the ring with another ribbon. She was born to compete, needed it. She loved the crowd's approval. She taught me to enjoy competing better. My one "What if" with her, is, what could she have accomplished if she had been healthy during her career? Where could she have gone if we could have had a practice regime?
I have the life I have now because of this dog. There truly are no words that can express the debt and love I feel for this dog. I miss her daily.
People have told me:
"She changed my idea of what a GSD is, and what they can do."
"After working with her, I had the confidence in myself to compete."
She changed lives, most of all mine.
Thank you, Baby Girl