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Reva
5/26/00 5/31/07
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. It just wasn’t possible to do in one page.
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 note, the work she did as
my stock dog kept me in business. A good part of my business is trailering sheep to different
events. She did the very necessary work with grace and style …. And a little too much verve at times.
She wasn’t a saint. She wowed the spectators and made them think twice about their ideas of what a
German Shepherd is.
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 she was battling the serious debilitating disease, Perianal Fistulas, and often severe
drug reactions, her feats are awe inspiring. In 2004, 36 hours after a very scary drug reaction, she
won the Pem Corgi Nationals Advanced class that contained 13 exhibitors including two Herding
Champion BC’s.
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 such a showman. She loved to compete. I can’t tell you how many times we would walk
into a ring, with very little practice work because she just hadn’t been feeling up to it, 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 crowds approval. She taught me to like 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 regimen?
I’ve had people tell me:
She changed my idea of what a GSD is, and what they can do.
After working her, I had the confidence in myself to compete.
She changed lives, mine most of all.
Thank you, Baby Girl
5/26/00 5/31/07
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. It just wasn’t possible to do in one page.
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 note, the work she did as
my stock dog kept me in business. A good part of my business is trailering sheep to different
events. She did the very necessary work with grace and style …. And a little too much verve at times.
She wasn’t a saint. She wowed the spectators and made them think twice about their ideas of what a
German Shepherd is.
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 she was battling the serious debilitating disease, Perianal Fistulas, and often severe
drug reactions, her feats are awe inspiring. In 2004, 36 hours after a very scary drug reaction, she
won the Pem Corgi Nationals Advanced class that contained 13 exhibitors including two Herding
Champion BC’s.
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 such a showman. She loved to compete. I can’t tell you how many times we would walk
into a ring, with very little practice work because she just hadn’t been feeling up to it, 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 crowds approval. She taught me to like 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 regimen?
I’ve had people tell me:
She changed my idea of what a GSD is, and what they can do.
After working her, I had the confidence in myself to compete.
She changed lives, mine most of all.
Thank you, Baby Girl
