In a message dated 12/27/08 10:41:21 AM Pacific Standard Time, barbmarkh@xxxxxxx writes: > I would love to hear from all the German Shepherd rescues out their - > how has your year been? well, barb, it's not good. while i was in illinois, i worked with mississippi valley gsd rescue which operates out of moline (www.mvgsdr.org). i still keep in touch with norma jewell, the president of mvgsdr and do have a bitch that i pulled while there and brought home with me to CA. they are DESPERATE for funds, as are most of the rescues out there. if not for LHSH and AGSRA helping them with funding for surgeries, pull fees, transport and basic vetting, they might well have gone under this year. i, for one, thank God every day that LHSH and AGSRA are there for the dogs - with the economy being as awful as it is, if not for them, many dogs would have lost their lives in 2008. bless them and their continued work in 2009. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)</HTML> ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================