----- Original Message ----- > In a message dated 7/14/2006 6:08:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > inflight2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > A happy family is out enjoying themselves in the park with their 2 kids and > their pride and joy, a German Shepherd Dog named King who is brave, their > protector and never a problem. It's Fourth of July and one of the other > park revelers lets off a firecracker. To their horror, and the horror of > their kids -- King is frightened beyond belief and he is inconsolable, > shrinking and he Our first GSD was extremely sound to everything.. **then*** we had a thunder and lightening storm (when she was about 4) where the thunder rolled on and on and on over our house for more than 5 hours..(Kathaleen, you know those prairie summer storms..) I know we were worn out by it and Nevada couldn't deal with thunder after that.. when it began to thunder she would go down to my office and lay under the desk - But at no time would I have ever considered her "unsound".. It happens, but shouldn';t be a final determinate of temperament.. Sue Madlung - Shadowacre Reg'd German Shepherds http://www.shadowacre.com ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================