In a message dated 7/15/2007 11:59:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx writes: beryl, there is a young dog out there somewhere who will one day end up alone and bewildered, dumped in a kill shelter because his owners can no longer be bothered with him. that dog now has hope. thank you. diane Several decades ago when we were living in California I had a litter of puppies. A girl (woman) came to look at them and in the process of talking to her about dogs and all I ended up lending her some GSD books which she said she would bring back in a few days and make up her mind about a puppy. Well, she came back with an older GSD in the back seat and told me she had gone to the humane society and gotten this 9 year old dog. His owners had gotten tired of him and turned him in. He was wonderful, loved children, etc. So she decided to take him rather than a puppy. I was glad she had done that as I knew my puppies would have homes. She told me when she took him she got the phone number of the people and called them thinking they would be pleased and they were very angry the humane society had given him to someone. Would you believe??!! She did bring back my books too. I think Beryl has an excellent idea about adopting an older dog. Of course, given the way Monty and Rags have been behaving here lately, they might be good candidates for anyone looking! LOL Tish ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================