Hi; Reading these post make me think about my Duchess. I loved GSD's and my family had friends that also had one and they were my pals, even though I had a Kerry Blue at home. When I graduate from 8th grade, a friend of my Dad's get me my Duchess. She came from a pet store in Brooklyn, bred in Nebraska and I adored her. Her sire was a Troll V richterbach son and her dam's grand sire was Arno of Costillo. She lived to be almost 15 and was always very healthy. I had her pedigree done after she died, as I was starting to get curious about blood lines. Want to hear the best, behind her dam where solid white's on the grand dam, and solid blacks on the grand sire. Duchess was a beautiful black and tan and she went everywhere with me. I was devastated when I had to put her down, as she had gone through all my growing up years and the lose of my Dad. It is because of this wonderful bitch that there are still GSD's in my life over 40 years later. Cathy Kelstar Catherine Murch fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================