Well I made it back from the Domincan in one piece, however, I wish I was back there!!! Weather was in the high 90's for the whole 2 weeks, and the food/people are wonderful! Met so many wonderufl people as a matter of fact we met about 5 couples who we will stay in touch with and plan another trip next december with all of them back to dominican., As we headed home through the valley where we live, we were fine, but when we hit the mountains to come into our small town called Hope, we both looked at each other and figured out our problem, its time to move, we are tired of this rain steady and the darkness because we are surrounded by mountains, it becomes depressing year after year. So maybe come spring, we will start looking for a place out of here. I had a super wonderful lady take care of my dogs, she is a proffessional handler and takes in only registered show dogs. My dogs loved her. She is very nice and when we went to pick the girls up, she was bathing them and blowing them nice and clean, and free of charge. My dogs looked great, they are finally getting to a good weight as they were overweight, and they were so excited to see us and come home. When we arrived home they ran up and down the yard like crazy..it was so funny, good thing we have over an acre. Life is good. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010! Giselda ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================