Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't think so....a friend had a dog with severe dysplasia who lived = to the age of 13...so the 13 club may mean they lived long but it = doesn't tell you that they were not on thyroid meds ect. Rebecca Little Peakes Brook German Shepherds http://sites.centralpets.com/mammals/peakesbrookgsd/index.html ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kate Syssoloff=20 To: freelist ; pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] health testing -------Original Message------- The 13-CLUB is the best test of health there is........... I = have to confess, I've not submitted very many of my Geriatric kids names = and stats to this Club. I'm lazy and there is a cut off date for doing = it all... more excusses. Knowing how long dogs have lived is one of my = criterias, though. It's not very scientific........ Kate=20 =20 =20 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================