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Note From a Visitor of the AGS Show (names removed to protect identity)

I would just like to pass on to you and all the others at the Midwest show how much I enjoyed seeing all of your gerbils and meeting all of
you. I had been toying with the idea of joining AGS for a while, and I probably will now that I've had a chance to see what goes on at the
shows - both educational and fun!

Posted from the AGS Yahoo Group Site by Donna:

The knitted gerbils and guinea pigs were wonderful! It was so nice to have plenty of prizes for raffle, the major contests/recognitions, and the little ones for pet class and bingo. I on the furry white guinea pig from the raffle and also the giant chinchilla run around ball. I put him in the ball and had him "running" around my room. That and the
collage of my gerbils I made before I left made me feel a little better about being surrounded by all of the gerbil cuteness without being able to bring any (live) critters home with me.

The ones that had coloring of actual gerbils were the most popular, e..g. the tan with black tail "siamese" - are any mottles on the horizon?

Thank you so much!! Also, very nice were the grab bags tied up with ribbons that (little) Ruth and Caroline put together for prizes (some of which had little knitted gerbils popping out of the bag).

It was wonderful in this show that people had an idea and brought every thing and set it up - not only did it lighten the load, there were so many nice surprises. Things like the official AGS name tags and gerbil dos and dont's exhibit plus playground to draw in the crowd that Elaine did and all the gerbil background materials that Ruth has collected and the obstacle course Jo thought up (she really can get inside the mind of a gerbil!!) The snowflake chew worked really well because so many people were willing to give it a try and the gerbils were naturals.

One cute moment where went two boys from the public were talking with Jo and I asked them if they wanted to fold a snowflake. When we told them now a gerbil was going to gnaw it they looked a little skeptical.And then when I pointed to the snow flake exhibit from the night before, they couldn't believe "Gerbils did that!!"

I encourage others to think up exhibits or activities to bring to future shows, test run with gerbils at home, and set up themselves. Seeing new ways to appreciate the artistic, athletic, and intelligent (in addition to beautiful) side of the gerbils was a really fun part of this show. And having so many people take on a piece made for a relaxing time for everyone.

Speaking of that we had a record number of seven judges particpate!! I mainly watched, stepping in where needed. We all gave a hand at Best in Show, which you would think woule be much harder by Angela's picture of "how many judges..." looking like we are playing a game of musical gerbils -- but with that many critical eyes it went fast. With so many judges I had plenty of time to do pet class (with the help of Kenny and Jessica) and take many pictures too. Stay tuned for my favorite picture of "Gerbils over Tulsa" - a pyramid of Ruth (now Jessica's) rescue girls sleeping in the morning sun with the city through the big glass windows behind them.

I am already counting down the days to MD show (just over 3 months!) and calculating the miles to Nebraska (one potential MW 2009 show site).

Gerbil Show Pictures & Videos

Midwest Show Photo Essay | Garden of Eden Gerbils || Twinsqueaks | AGS Yahoo Group

Results of Gerbil Show

Tulsa OK MW Show Oct 2008 Results


SELF -OTHER
FIRST: 1 yr old Silver Nutmeg M shown by Jo Kelley of Black Wolf Clan (MO)
SECOND: 7 mo old Red Fox M shown by Kelly Johnson of Garden of Eden Gerbils (WI)
THIRD: 6 mo old Nutmeg M – Jo

SELF -
BLACK

FIRST: 1.5 yr old Black M shown by Katie McQueen of PocaFiki Gerbils (OK)
SECOND: 10 mo old Black M – Jo
THIRD: 4 mo old Black M shown by Tana Lyman of The Little Rascals (MO)

CP

FIRST: 2 yr old Siamese M – Tana
SECOND: 1 yr old Burmese M – Kelly
THIRD: 8 mo old CPA M shown by Angela England (OK)

WB

FIRST: 7 mo old Agouti M – Kelly
**********BEST IN SHOW*************
**********GEG'S MORTY*************
SECOND: 6 mo old DEH M shown by Kylee Dickey of Twin Squeaks (NE)
THIRD: 1 yr old Argente M – Katie

PUP – Spot, Pied,
Mottled
FIRST: 13 wk old Mottled CPS M -- Jo
SECOND: 9 wk old Nutmeg Spot M- Kelly
THIRD: 12 wk old Mottled Yellow Fox F -- Katie

PUP – Not Spotted
FIRST: 9 wk old Nutmeg F -- Kelly
********JUDGE'S CHOICE******************
******* GEG'S COME FULL CIRCLE***********
BOS 13 wk old Nutmeg M -- Katie
SECOND: 12 wk old Yellow Fox M -- Katie
THIRD: 13 wk old Black F -- Jo

OTHER

FIRST: 6 mo old HC M -- Jo
SECOND: 5 mo old Silver Point shown by Jessica Workman of RagDoll Gerbils (OK)
THIRD: 1 yr old HC M -- Katie

SPOT

FIRST: 7 mo old Agouti Spot M – Kelly
BOS 10 mo old Silver Nutmeg Spot F – Jo
**********Best of Opp Sex Winner*************
**************BWC's Jaden*****************
SECOND: 6 mo old Nutmeg Spot M -- Jo
THIRD: 1 yr old Nutmeg Spot M -- Kylee

PIED

FIRST: 1 yr old Pied Lilac M -- Katie
BOS: 5 mo old Pied Black F -- Tana
SECOND: 6 mo old Pied Black M -- Katie
THIRD: 5 mo old Pied Black M -- Jessica

MOTTLED

FIRST: 1 yr old Mot Agouti M – Jessica
BOS 1 yr old Mot Burmese F – Kelly
SECOND: 2 yr old Mot Black M -- Kylee
THIRD: 1 yr old Mot Black M -- Kelly

BEST IN SHOW WINNER: GEG'S MORTY
7 MO OLD AGOUTI MALE BRED AND SHOWN BY KELLY JOHNSON OF GARDEN OF EDEN GERBILS (WI)

BEST OF OPP SEX WINNER: BWC'S JADEN
10 MO OLD SILVER NUTMEG SPOT FEMALE BRED AND SHOWN BY JO KELLEY
OF BLACK WOLF CLAN (MO)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION/JUDGE'S CHOICE: GEG'S COME FULL CIRCLE 9 WK OLD NUTMEG FEMALE BRED AND SHOWN BY KELLY JOHNSON OF GARDEN OF EDEN GERBILS (WI)

AGS Championship Earned:

BWC'S JADEN
10 MO OLD SILVER NUTMEG SPOT FEMALE BRED AND SHOWN BY JO KELLEY OF BLACK WOLF CLAN (MO)


Breeder's Color Certificates in Siamese awarded to:
Donna Anastasi of ABC Gerbils (NH)
Tana Lyman of The Little Rascals (MO)

**A breeder's color certificate is awarded when a member has earned
15 or more points showing in one color (ie, siamese, lilac….) under
at least two different judges at two or more shows.

If anyone has any AGS Show Photos, stories, comments or links, Email me.

Created on 23 October 2008

Last Updated 23 October 2008