Reminds me of my YOUTH - a neighbor had a Husky/GSD mix. Whenever it did something really good, I said it is the GSD part, but if the dog did something yucko, I told them it was the Husky side! Aha, still holds true after around 60 years or so --- Love it! Norma no L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stormy Hope" <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> To: "SHOWGSD-L list" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:27 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] A smile a day.... (Even GSD Mixes can do everything:-) Stormy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/18/18greenwire-dog-provides-low-cost-low-tech-fix-for-cities-27746.html Dog Provides Low-Cost, Low-Tech Fix for Cities' Sewer Problems By TARYN LUNTZ of Greenwire Published: August 18, 2009 To the long list of jobs that dogs do for humans, add another: the detection of water pollution. A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Meet Sable, a German shepherd mix with a nose for sewage. Sable's trainer, Scott Reynolds, who works for an environmental consulting firm, Tetra Tech in Lansing, Mich., said the three-and-a- half-year-old mutt is the only canine known to reliably detect raw sewage or detergents flowing into sewers from illegal or bungled pipe connections. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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/ ============================================================================