Tish, I had a reality check lst month when I had to take my old girl to the vet to let her go. Fortunately, my neighbor's 18 year old son was home to help me get her in the car. I would never have been able to lift her by myself. She went down the previous day and I couldn't get her up. As we were lifting her into the car, I said to him this is why older people shouldn't have big dogs. Bless his heart, his response was that older people should have big dogs. I've got the corgi now who can't jump into the car, but at least I can lift his 30 plus pound derriere without any help. I would love to have another GSD, but really need to give it long and careful consideration. Dot The other 39 year old :-) Dorathy Jenkins Edenhill Shepherds ----- Original Message ----- From: <TISHW@xxxxxxx> To: <gsdramey@xxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 5:38 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Dog other than a GSD > Norma, > > I have to agree with you - as we get older we don't have the same strength > we had when we were young. For us it was tough when Monty could no longer > jump into his crate in the car and we had to lift up his hindquarter to > get > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================