No one liked this idea except me, Not necessarily true..just needed a time to write....so then there was the time that... My sister had a key to my house....she'd usually come and go when she needed too...or if I was gone to a show, would come and feed the kids (four-legged) that was left at home. On this one occasion...I was gone and my sister had come by the house to bring something to store for Christmas...she went to open the door heard this tremmdous growl and a dog bark...she apparently tried to say something to the dog, but didn't get the response she had wanted, so she didn't come in as planned. When I got home there was this message on the answering machine, which stated she'd try to bring something in but Lex wouldn't let her in...just kept growling and barking at her...I'm thinking as I'm listening to the machine and looking around...Lex wasn't out of her crate, but her father was who had been living with us, during his training for his CD...I called my sister and told her she'd made the wise decision to leave without coming in, because it wasn't Lex out, it was her father, Storm and it wouldn't have been if she'd come on in, because he did have this thing about territory...and he had claimed the house as his..and she hadn't been invited in....needless to say after that, during the time Storm lived here...she would let me know when she planned to bring something by.... Linda Jones Tara GSD's Ridgecrest, CA ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================