You would think with 8 Grand kids...and three GREAT Grand kids there would be
one...at least ONE GSD handler in the bunch!
Most are athletic...they all love animals and love our GSD's, and some have
one. You would THINK we would have one handler
for us in the family....but NOOOooooo! Our oldest daughter Sharon ran the
Western States run TWICE!
( A hundred miles in 24 hrs. ) 100 miles...Up out of Squaw Valley...over
mountains...down into canyons and across rivers and
back up out of canyons into Auburn, Ca. ( an International Marathon ) ( More
than 10 times harder than the Boston Marathon )
But handle a GSD in the ring....NOOooo. Have a Granddaughter right now
running cross country like a sprinter....she loves the
dogs....but handle a GSD in the ring...........NOOOOoooooooo...
However
We had Sharon Allbright's Grand daughter Amy Riley nearby. We started having
Amy handle for us when she was 12 years old!
We had kids in our family the same age and older....but not one Amy Riley
there in the bunch! Amy was amazing from the very
beginning. There is no GSD she cannot handle... and handle well and with
aplomb. Amy is busy in a career and engaged now.
We have the honor of co owning a beautiful moving young bitch with her sired
by our Deuce out of her beautiful Cash daughter.
So Amy will be getting married....will probably start a family and raise a
couple of handlers! Maybe I'll live long enough for one
of THEM to handle for us! <G> NAW....
Then we had Zac Hudspeth handle for us when he was 14. Have a Grandson (
Luke ) exactly the same age. NO interest in
handling from our Luke......but Zac was interested and very talented. I
trusted him with anything we were showing. I called Zac
Luke half the time for a while without thinking. <G> Thankfully he was
good-natured about it ...... and called me Granny! <G>
Not sure where we failed....but Our kids and Grandkids all love the dogs and
have helped us in many ways with the dogs...but
handling is NOT in the picture. If I was Ellie Mae Clampett.......maybe they
would have handled for me.........sigh......
Then there is also Bill Basu......he came already 'trained'.......but he is NOT
allowed to call me GRANNY!! { :o)
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.marhaven.com
From: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, November ;
05, 2016 8:48 PM
To: 'Cynthia'; CDRHVN@xxxxxxx; marhaven@suddenlink.netCc:
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Subject: Re: AAAHhh.... the Animals we owned!!
Loved all of the story! I'm going to start calling you Ellie Mae Clampet! But
you are better looking! lol. FB
From: Carolyn MartelloTo: CDRHVN@xxxxxxx, Cynthia VanDenBergeCc: freelistSent:
November 5, 2016 at 8:44 PM
Subject: AAAHhh.... the Animals we owned!!
My parents tell me I had a black pet chicken when I was about 3 yrs. old.
This black hen stayed by me all day long
when I was playing outside. She was in a lot of photos of me. <G> Had a
couple of Parakeets growing up....and loved
teaching them cute tricks. ALWAYS had a cat. I love and respect
cats....all cats....any cat......
When I was 12 yrs. old we found a Doe Mule deer that had been hit by a car and
killed and a new born fawn was laying
curled up next to her. We took the fawn home and I raised her until she was
close to a year....then we started taking her
to a friend's ranch and let her graze out in the fields....and take her home at
night until she finally started staying with the deer
that came down to graze. Finally after about a month she joined the deer....(
broke my heart ) but she came back to the ranch periodically for years. I was
able to see her the following summer. ( used to draw crowds when she rode in
the car with us as a beautiful spotted adorable fawn.....and when I took her
walking with me with our little mutt dog and cat ) <G>
I wanted a German Shepherd Dog from the time I was young and had seen a photo
of G.V. Condor v Stoerstrudel in a book.
My husband got our first GSD for my Birthday when our kids were little. She
had terrible temperament!! Finally got her
OK with OUR kids. Loved her, but sure learned a lot from her about bad
temperament and will never ever tolerate another!!
Our next GSD had serious thyroid issues....learned with that one to never ever
tolerate health issues!!
Had horses and ponies for our kids when they were growing up. Not sure who
loved the horses the most...me or our kids.
but I know I STILL miss having horses! Ponies.....not so much!! <G>
We actually went into Nevada with friends and adopted two wild Mustangs during
that time...and kept them in a corral we built
here on our property for two friends that wanted them. Kept them and cared
for them until they were finally broke.
Now THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE!! A WILD experience!! <G>
Later when we started showing GSD's we met Dottie and Ernie Weight. They were
raising goats to use the milk for their
dogs. They had a "litter" of Nubian goats. Cutest things I ever saw!
Took one home when it was about a week old.
'Rosie the Goat' grew up taking the bottle on my lap...( did I mention how
cute she was!! ) ....and later when she was almost
grown she would come running in the house and jump on my lap!! Rosie loved
playing with puppies....and would cry like a baby when they grew up and were
gone. Finally found a goat ranch....and placed her there. ( Broke my heart.
) Took her a while to accept the goats and quit running in their house
.<G>....but she finally became one of the goats and had a good life.
Love the German Shepherd Dog Breed...and love puppies. There is no dog more
beautiful than a great German Shepherd Dogand none better than the German
Shepherd Dog people! Thank goodness for that photo of G.V.Condor v
Stoerstrudel
Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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November 05, 2016 12:24 PM
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] Re: Animals we own (or own us)
3 parrots. GSDs for 42 years. Cynthia.
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<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I I was just wondering if any one wants to share the kinds of animals we own
now besides our German shepherds and how long we have had shepherds. I think it
would be interesting to know what we have now or had in the past. Just curious.
Brenda Piele
