How you could share your life with an animal for 10 years and then abandon it is more than I can fathom. Years ago, looking at the local shelter for a kitten, I saw a 13 Years ago when we were living in the San Jose area of CA, I had a litter of puppies for sale. A girl came to look at them and I lent her a couple books to help her make her decision. She came back a couple days later (with my books thank goodness) and said she had gone to the pound and had rescued an 8 or 9 year old shepherd. She had him in the back seat and he seemed like a really nice dog. She also told me she had called the family who had dropped him off and they were furious that he had been rescued. Can you imagine??!! I couldn't imagine anyone dropping off any dog they had had for 9 years and I told her I was really glad she had rescued him. Tish ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================