Because they love you back, unquestioning. They love you if you live in a mansion or not. About 2 months ago, I was appraoched by a transient person asking for "spare change"at our local Circle K. I gave the standard, "I dont have any" lie and went on about my afternoon. I later returned to the Circle K for my afternoon powerdrink and cinnamon roll. The same transient man was at the counter, and he seemed distressed because he didnt have enough for a purchase. All the while, a black chow was outside the door on a down stay waiting quietly. Of course, in my short sighted world, I just wished they hurried up as I didnt have "time" for this. When I finally made it to the counter, I asked what was going on. She told me the same transient guy comes in every 3 days and buys Purina dog food for his chow outside the store. The man usually didnt have much to eat, but he always made sure the dog had food. He has been homeless for about 3 years and he tells everyone his dog was the only thing that gave him the strength to make it through this tough part of his life. (Now if that doesn't get you...I don't know what will) Mike Lynch ====================== www.BlackHawk-Farms.com Northern California American Saddlebred Horse Association Vice President (Class of 2007) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.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 ============================================================================