Boy does that sound familiar! I did the exact same thing, LOL! I was always bringing some sort of dog home, much to my mother's dismay. My mother has NEVER been a dog (or even animal) person. I had, growing up a wide assortment of mutts, a Min-Pin, a Lab, a Wolf-hybrid (and her 11 puppies) and an Australian Shepherd. When I was in the 7th grade and living with my step-father we got a German Shepherd. She was everything, temperamentally speaking, a GSD should NOT be. Extremely aggressive with anyone that was not a member of the household when she became a member of it (at 5 weeks old!) she bit several people over the years. She almost died of distemper at 8 months old. We had to treat her at home because she would bite anyone at the vets office. In spite of all that, she was probably the most intelligent dog I have ever known, and sold me on the breed. Though it was many years before I was in a position to get a GSD of my own, I will never be without at least one now. I have been hooked (or addicted, depending on your point of view) on dog shows since the first time I walked in the ring over 30 years ago. Even when I haven't had a dog to show, I still go to the shows! So who remembers the first time you were in the ring? Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C.S.Lewis www.rihadin.com My Ebay site http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=ginny2003> tsaligsds wrote: I was dog crazy from an early age!! As I put it on my website "....... and anything else that would follow me home, kicking and screaming at the end of a long rope! I?d just say, ?Look what followed me home? and being an only daughter in a house full of boys, well ?. You know the rest! " ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================