I recieved an email from Diane regarding these poor souls...I felt that her words best spoke to their needs and so the following is exerpted from an email she sent to me. Anyone in the Florida area, please take a moment and read. If you have a spare kennel, consider fostering one of these deserving dogs!!! You will be repaid 10 times over "Allie & Ginny the two girls in Fort Meyers are being picked up by Gabby Goern (a GSDCA member) and are going to a boarding kennel AAS Von Tente Kennels (GSDCA members) at a reduced rate until we can find them forever homes or when I get back to Fl next Tuesday. They are doing great and will be posted on our website later today. Both girls came out of a 26 dog seizure from a ?rescue? that was not well run; the dogs were not in very good condition or well feed. They have now been spayed with the help of a low cost spay & neuter clinic and been updated on vaccines and heartworm tested negative. " "Ekko the black GSD that was taken to the vets to be put to sleep because the owner did not want to care for him any longer is going to one of my foster homes where he will get the medicated baths he needs plus his meds and lots of attention. Tina has fostered prior and has had GSD?s for many years and competed in obedience and agility. Ekko will begin some basic obedience and which is why his first owner took him to the shelter at 10 months and 75 pounds. Her comment to me was ?he was too big and did not listen when I told him things?. The second owner was the one that had him in a pen in the backyard. He is responding well to the antibiotics, flea and then medicated baths, flea preventative and a good quality food and the attention from the vet clinic staff. Once we get the staff and yeast infections cleared up we will begin the heartworm treatment." Poor babies! They deserved so much better from their masters! Please keep them all in your thoughts! Dawn Restuccia Dorothy, and no this aint Kansas ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================