On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:58:40 -0500, "sally" <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >Wolfhounds are about the same. I can not imagine loosing >dogs that young I suppose that you cope by loving them as hard as you can for as long as you can. Oh... and feeding them a natural (raw) diet might help also. Wendy Volhard started with Newfoundlands. After she developed her diet in 1972, she "tested" the formula by raising several generations of Newfs of her own breeding on it. I believe she was routinely getting dogs to live to 12 or 13 years or more. -- Karen C. Email: kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================