OK folks, here's the deal. We board for two of the biggest GSD Rescue's. They all have shit loads of dogs. Some are very well bred but not very many. Most are from BYB'S They don't all have issues, the owners do. If you know what some of these people do to these dogs you would have NIGHTMARES forever. We have one here now who the owner literally beat his brains out. He has a fractured scull and muzzle. He is the sweetest dog ever. He had brain matter oozing out. We have another one that was found up in the high Azusa Canyon. Must have been there for months. No collar or chip. He was skin and bones, we have had him for over a month now and he weighs 90lbs. He's a GREAT old boy. The stories go on and on. STUPID people don't make it mandatory to spay and neuter there puppies. I just had a bitch in here who was a puppy that had puppies. It made me sick. They dumped her at the shelter FULL of milk. She was just a baby. I don't know who to blame it on. I just wish it would stop. For 35 years I have ALWAYS made sure all my puppies I sell as pets are spayed and neutered. I follow up. I don't just fill out papers and say don't breed them. Any dog that leaves my house that is 6 months or older gets fixed before they leave. PERIOD!!!! As for rescue's many of them are German bred, but not imports. They come from all the damn Puppy Mills all over Riverside County, who claim they are from the BEST German lines. The sad part is they sell them to novice people who know nothing about prey drive etc. So they dump them at the shelter or turn them loose on the street. IT'S ALL FACTS PEOPLE!!! It doesn't matter if they are German or American they are being dumped every where. I could tell you who dumps most of them but I won't go there. Done Venting :) CROSSROAD'S GERMAN SHEPHERDS _www.sbrgsdc.org_ (http://www.sbrgsdc.org/) _www.gsroc.org_ (http://www.gsroc.org/) _www.coastalgsr.org_ (http://www.coastalgsr.org/) ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================